Attorneys push to drop death penalty eligibility due to legal threshold and claim Mangione was not read his rights Attorneys push to drop death penalty eligibility due to legal threshold and claim Mangione was not read his rights Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December, asked a federal judge on Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count on he could be eligible for the death penalty . In a court filing, attorneys