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Luigi Mangione
Hearing on
Statute
Divisibility
Judge Wants
Hearing on
Altoona PD
by
Matthew Russell Lee,
Substack
Book Patreon
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 12 – Luigi Mangione was
presented in Federal court on
December 19 on four charges,
one of them death penalty
eligible, for the killing of
UnitedHealth CEO Brian
Thompson. Inner City Press was
there, covering the case
toward a book.
On April 1 DOJ
announced it will seek the
death penalty against
Mangione.
In the
interim, after some push back,
Inner City Press published a
book Luigi Mangione Lone Wolf
here,
now Amazon here
More on X for
Subscribers
here and Substack here
On January 9 SDNY
Judge Garnett held oral
argument, mostly on the
divisibility of the statute.
At the end two trial dates
were discussed: September 2026
if death penalty is taken off
the table (by Judge's ruling),
or January 2027 if it remains.
Inner City Press live tweeted
On January 12
Judge Garnett said an Altoona
PD witness and hearing will be
necessary: "the Court hereby
ORDERS the Government to
produce for a hearing an
officer of the Altoona Police
Department with sufficient
authority and experience to
testify about the established
or standardized procedures in
use by the Department in
December 2024 for securing,
safeguarding, and, if
applicable, inventorying the
personal property of a person
arrested in a public place.
Because the inquiry will be
focused on Department
procedures, the witness need
not have had any personal
involvement in the Defendant's
arrest. Given the very limited
subject matter, the Court
expects the hearing to be
brief.... (Signed by Judge
Margaret M. Garnett on
01/12/2026)."
In the state case
late on December 2 Inner City
Press emailed, then on
December 3 faxed and
hand-delivered, a letter
asking to be heard and for
unsealing, here.
On unsealing bid,
more / extra on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
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