Lawyers representing Luigi Mangione are requesting that the death penalty be halted in his federal murder trial, citing a purported "conflict of interest" involving Attorney General Pam Bondi, as detailed in a recent court submission.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert im s he Grace Breaking crime News now
straight out to Nicole Parton for.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The latest Nancy. Lawyers representing Luigi Mangioni are requesting the
death penalty be stopped in his federal murder trials, citing
a reported conflict of interest involving Attorney General Pambondi, as
detailed in a recent court submission. In a filing submitted overnight,
the defense team accused Pam Bondy of neglecting to reveal
(00:26):
her affiliations with the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, which regularly
represents United Healthcare, noting that she was personally benefiting from
the firm's profitable ties to UHG. Mangioni faces charges for
allegedly killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York
City in December twenty twenty four. He has entered a
(00:49):
not guilty plea in federal court for stalking and murdering Thompson,
and is contesting the government's intent to pursue capital punishment
should he be found guilty. The defense contended that this
situation creates a conflict of interest that should have prevented
Bondi from instructing prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Quote.
(01:10):
Upon transitioning from Ballard Partners to the role of Attorney
General in twenty twenty five, the first individual she chose
to pursue execution against was the defendant accused of murdering
the CEO of her previous client. The defense filing stated,
the attorneys argue that Pam Bondi's financial ties to UHG
constitute a conflict of interest, warranting her recusal from any
(01:34):
decision regarding the case. Quote. The Attorney General's financial relationship
with UHG raises serious concerns about mister Mangioni's due process rights,
as she stands to gain financially from the prosecution's outcome
she is advocating for, they said. The United States Attorney's
Office for the Southern District of New York typically refrains
(01:56):
from commenting on active cases and is anticipated to provide
a written reply to the defense's claims. Meanwhile, Mangioni's legal
team has been working to exclude certain evidence from his
upcoming state murder trial. The recent filing in the federal
case incorporated elements from the suppression hearing to argue the
exclusion of the evidence from the federal proceedings as well.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
What I did not understand was how shocking it was
that this week on HBO in a documentary, I see
the chief of Detectives and the New York City Mayor,
full hair and makeup done, sitting down and giving an
interview for television and talking about the evidence in Luigi's case,
talking about police paperwork that we don't have, talking about
(02:42):
forensics that we have not yet received. I guess we
have now today, but I didn't when I was sitting
there learning about the case, hearing an actor play Luigi
reading from a journal that they say is Luigi's and
we have yet to receive it from the prosecution.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
The defense claimed that the search of Mangione's backpack was
unlawful as he was handcuffed distance from the backpack and
surrounded by Altoona police officers at the time. Given the
circumstances where there was no feasible way for mister Mangeoni
to access his backpack while restrained by officers, Therefore, the
search conducted at the McDonald's cannot be justified as a
(03:22):
lawful search incident to arrest, The defense argued the pre
trial hearing for the state case wrapped up on Thursday,
with New York judge allowing the defense until January twenty
nine to submit final written arguments regarding evidence exclusion. Prosecutors
have until March five to respond, after which the defense
(03:42):
will have two weeks to reply. The judge expressed his
intention to announce his ruling on what evidence, if any,
will be excluded by May eighteen, at which time he
will also schedule the trial date.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Nicole, thank you. More private justice needs after.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
This doctor Helen Gray Sanchez was found by an employee
inside a walk in freezer at a store in Miami.
The thirty two year old and an esthesiologist was found
inside the freezer of a dollar store in Miami on
(04:20):
December four. For the first time since her death, sanchez
family has broken their silence, saying they need answers and
want to have a proper funeral and resting place for
their loved one. They say they're waiting for authorities to
tell them what could have happened. The thing that the
family says they have been question is why was the
doctor not found until a day after she walked into
(04:42):
a freezer at a local store. Despite the unusual and
unclear circumstances of her death. Miami police say they are
not suspecting foul play, but that the investigation is ongoing.
Surveillance footage from the scene on the evening of December
thirteen shows the doctor walking into the walk in freezer
at a Dollar Tree store in Little Havana, a neighborhood
(05:04):
near Miami, just before they closed at ten pm. It
was the following morning that an employee found the body
of a naked woman in the cooler in the stockroom
and immediately called nine to one one. Investigators say they
are still waiting for the medical examiner's report into the
cause of death, which is currently listed as undetermined. It
(05:25):
is possible that after being trapped inside the freezer, she
suffered from hypothermia, which could cause paradoxical undressing before death.
This is a case where the sufferer becomes so cold
that they begin to feel as if they overheat, and
so often can strip off their clothing. Both of Helen's
children are from Nicaragua and have flown to Miami to
(05:48):
find out what happened to their mother. We remember her
as a loving woman and amazing doctor, and have no
idea how or why she wandered into a walk in
freezer in the Dollar Tree. They are cooperating fully with authorities.
The family is also saying that they're waiting for answers
wondering what happened to the doctor.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Tensions high between Chantelle Hudson and her mom after they
moved from Bishop, California to Dayton, Nevada. Just after Chantelle
starts her junior year of high school, Chantelle's mom thinks
her teen girl has fallen in with the wrong crowd
at her new school. Seven thirty Monday morning, Chantelle leaves
home on foot after an argument. Her mom reports Chantelle
(06:34):
missing when she's marked absent from school. Searches of Chantelle's
route to school turn up nothing. Several reported sightings turn
out to be misidentifications. Chantelle's social Security number no activity,
and extensive driver's license searches don't provide any leads. Chantale
Hudson now missing thirty six years. Chantale native American, five
(06:59):
to five, brown hair, brown eyes, glasses, has a scar
on her left ring finger a birthmark on her lower back.
If you have info on Chantal Hudson, call Lion County,
Nevada Sheriffs seven seven five five seven seven five zero
two three. For the latest crime injustice news, go to
(07:21):
crime Ononline dot com and please join us for our
daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best to
find missing people, especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides.
With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.
Crime Alert im s he Grace Breaking crime News now
straight out to Nicole Parton for.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The latest Nancy. Lawyers representing Luigi Mangioni are requesting the
death penalty be stopped in his federal murder trials, citing
a reported conflict of interest involving Attorney General Pambondi, as
detailed in a recent court submission. In a filing submitted overnight,
the defense team accused Pam Bondy of neglecting to reveal
(00:26):
her affiliations with the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, which regularly
represents United Healthcare, noting that she was personally benefiting from
the firm's profitable ties to UHG. Mangioni faces charges for
allegedly killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York
City in December twenty twenty four. He has entered a
(00:49):
not guilty plea in federal court for stalking and murdering Thompson,
and is contesting the government's intent to pursue capital punishment
should he be found guilty. The defense contended that this
situation creates a conflict of interest that should have prevented
Bondi from instructing prosecutors to seek the death penalty. Quote.
(01:10):
Upon transitioning from Ballard Partners to the role of Attorney
General in twenty twenty five, the first individual she chose
to pursue execution against was the defendant accused of murdering
the CEO of her previous client. The defense filing stated,
the attorneys argue that Pam Bondi's financial ties to UHG
constitute a conflict of interest, warranting her recusal from any
(01:34):
decision regarding the case. Quote. The Attorney General's financial relationship
with UHG raises serious concerns about mister Mangioni's due process rights,
as she stands to gain financially from the prosecution's outcome
she is advocating for, they said. The United States Attorney's
Office for the Southern District of New York typically refrains
(01:56):
from commenting on active cases and is anticipated to provide
a written reply to the defense's claims. Meanwhile, Mangioni's legal
team has been working to exclude certain evidence from his
upcoming state murder trial. The recent filing in the federal
case incorporated elements from the suppression hearing to argue the
exclusion of the evidence from the federal proceedings as well.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
What I did not understand was how shocking it was
that this week on HBO in a documentary, I see
the chief of Detectives and the New York City Mayor,
full hair and makeup done, sitting down and giving an
interview for television and talking about the evidence in Luigi's case,
talking about police paperwork that we don't have, talking about
(02:42):
forensics that we have not yet received. I guess we
have now today, but I didn't when I was sitting
there learning about the case, hearing an actor play Luigi
reading from a journal that they say is Luigi's and
we have yet to receive it from the prosecution.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
The defense claimed that the search of Mangione's backpack was
unlawful as he was handcuffed distance from the backpack and
surrounded by Altoona police officers at the time. Given the
circumstances where there was no feasible way for mister Mangeoni
to access his backpack while restrained by officers, Therefore, the
search conducted at the McDonald's cannot be justified as a
(03:22):
lawful search incident to arrest, The defense argued the pre
trial hearing for the state case wrapped up on Thursday,
with New York judge allowing the defense until January twenty
nine to submit final written arguments regarding evidence exclusion. Prosecutors
have until March five to respond, after which the defense
(03:42):
will have two weeks to reply. The judge expressed his
intention to announce his ruling on what evidence, if any,
will be excluded by May eighteen, at which time he
will also schedule the trial date.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Nicole, thank you. More private justice needs after.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
This doctor Helen Gray Sanchez was found by an employee
inside a walk in freezer at a store in Miami.
The thirty two year old and an esthesiologist was found
inside the freezer of a dollar store in Miami on
(04:20):
December four. For the first time since her death, sanchez
family has broken their silence, saying they need answers and
want to have a proper funeral and resting place for
their loved one. They say they're waiting for authorities to
tell them what could have happened. The thing that the
family says they have been question is why was the
doctor not found until a day after she walked into
(04:42):
a freezer at a local store. Despite the unusual and
unclear circumstances of her death. Miami police say they are
not suspecting foul play, but that the investigation is ongoing.
Surveillance footage from the scene on the evening of December
thirteen shows the doctor walking into the walk in freezer
at a Dollar Tree store in Little Havana, a neighborhood
(05:04):
near Miami, just before they closed at ten pm. It
was the following morning that an employee found the body
of a naked woman in the cooler in the stockroom
and immediately called nine to one one. Investigators say they
are still waiting for the medical examiner's report into the
cause of death, which is currently listed as undetermined. It
(05:25):
is possible that after being trapped inside the freezer, she
suffered from hypothermia, which could cause paradoxical undressing before death.
This is a case where the sufferer becomes so cold
that they begin to feel as if they overheat, and
so often can strip off their clothing. Both of Helen's
children are from Nicaragua and have flown to Miami to
(05:48):
find out what happened to their mother. We remember her
as a loving woman and amazing doctor, and have no
idea how or why she wandered into a walk in
freezer in the Dollar Tree. They are cooperating fully with authorities.
The family is also saying that they're waiting for answers
wondering what happened to the doctor.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Tensions high between Chantelle Hudson and her mom after they
moved from Bishop, California to Dayton, Nevada. Just after Chantelle
starts her junior year of high school, Chantelle's mom thinks
her teen girl has fallen in with the wrong crowd
at her new school. Seven thirty Monday morning, Chantelle leaves
home on foot after an argument. Her mom reports Chantelle
(06:34):
missing when she's marked absent from school. Searches of Chantelle's
route to school turn up nothing. Several reported sightings turn
out to be misidentifications. Chantelle's social Security number no activity,
and extensive driver's license searches don't provide any leads. Chantale
Hudson now missing thirty six years. Chantale native American, five
(06:59):
to five, brown hair, brown eyes, glasses, has a scar
on her left ring finger a birthmark on her lower back.
If you have info on Chantal Hudson, call Lion County,
Nevada Sheriffs seven seven five five seven seven five zero
two three. For the latest crime injustice news, go to
(07:21):
crime Ononline dot com and please join us for our
daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best to
find missing people, especially children, and help solve unsolved homicides.
With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.
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