Elderly pensioners could be the key to the freedom of alleged murderer Luigi Mangione, a prison expert has revealed.
The Ivy League graduate has pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal charges, including one count of terrorism, related to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City earlier this month.
With a highly anticipated trial on the horizon, Wall Street Prison Consultants founder Larry Levine shared how he thinks the situation will play out for the 26-year-old.
Levine, who served 10 years in prison, said the sun: ‘He will never be found guilty. Who primarily uses healthcare? Older people.
‘Who rejects procedures and primary health care? Older people. Who is mainly part of the jury? Older people.
‘It’s no longer about Luigi and what he did. It’s about the healthcare system.’
Retirees are less likely to have valid excuses, such as employment or childcare responsibilities, that would exclude them from serving on a jury.
Mangione’s supporters have supported him at his court appearances, and many of them carry signs advocating for his freedom.
Luigi Mangione, 26, has received a lot of support for his alleged actions. He pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal charges.
Protesters held signs outside Manhattan Criminal Court calling for Mangione’s freedom.
Wall Street Prison Consultants founder Larry Levine has revealed why he believes Mangione will be found not guilty
His death has become a lightning rod for people who say they are fed up with the American healthcare industry, regardless of their age.
Nicholas Zamudio, 33, was one of the protesters outside the Lower Manhattan courthouse where Mangione had his arraignment on December 23.
With a sign that said “America’s healthcare stole my livelihood.” Prosecute malicious profiteers,” he explained to alphabet who suffered from a back injury similar to Mangione’s.
He told the outlet: ‘I guess a lot of things resonated with me regarding the pain and not getting help from the health system.
“I think the murder is obviously wrong, but it got us to a point we needed to get to.”
Levine predicted that prosecutors will waste years trying to convict Mangione, but in the end he will be found “not guilty by reason of insanity.”
‘Would a normal person have done that?’ No. So, he really is crazy. “So what they’re going to do is find him not guilty by reason of insanity and then they’re going to do something called civil commitment,” he told the publication.
Civil commitment means that a judge can order that a person be involuntarily committed to a psychiatric institution.
He is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4.
Some Mangione fans are more enamored with his looks than his motivations behind supposedly shooting the CEO.
He continued: ‘Now the case has taken on a whole new life because it won’t be about murder.
‘That’s why this whole thing is going to be complicated. They won’t find him guilty, they’ll try him again, they won’t find him guilty, and they’ll just put him in civil commitment. I guarantee it.’
Aside from those who are passionate about the healthcare industry, others have shown their support for Mangione based solely on his appearance, gushing about him on social media.
“I need it so much,” one user posted on X along with photos of a smiling Mangione.
Another user who posted a series of pro-Mangione messages and photos on the platform said, “good luck finding 12 jurors who don’t want to screw him over.”
Another commenter added: “Luigi Mangione got the full package, release him.”
Mangione’s next appearance in state court is scheduled for Feb. 21, but he is scheduled to appear in federal court on Jan. 18.
He has yet to plead guilty to his four federal charges, which were presented to him on December 19.
People have interpreted Brian Thompson’s death symbolically, saying it shows people’s frustration with the healthcare industry.
Mangione is incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. This facility is also home to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
“Luigi Mangione allegedly carried out the carefully premeditated and targeted execution of Brian Thompson to incite national debates,” Assistant Director of the FBI’s New York Field Office James Dennehy said in a statement announcing the charges.
The federal charges are using a firearm to commit murder, interstate stalking resulting in death, stalking by use of interstate facilities resulting in death, and discharging a firearm that was equipped with a silencer in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Mangione is being held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center alongside disgraced rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
He was arrested on December 9 at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a five-day search for the suspect.