Luigi Mangione and the UnitedHealthcare murder
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re looking at Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
As he fights a extradition to New York, Sumi Somaskanda and Caitríona Perry join Adam to discuss the case, and the social media obsession with the case.
Also, Chris and Alex Chalk, former Conservative justice secretary, are on talking about Labour’s announcement that they will inject £2.3 billion towards making more capacity in the prisons system.
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