The alleged CEO shooter Luigi Mangione has requested for a laptop computer in jail to view the paperwork towards him within the UnitedHealthcare CEO case.
In a court docket submitting Monday, Mangione’s attorneys requested if he may very well be supplied a laptop computer solely to view the paperwork, video and different materials associated to the case, and never for any communication functions.
Restricted laptops have been made for another defendants in the identical federal detention heart in New York Metropolis, The Related Press famous.
If Mangione does get a laptop computer it wouldn’t be capable to hook up with the web or run any form of leisure.
Whereas in jail, the laptop computer would give him entry to the greater than 15,000 pages of paperwork and hundreds of hours of video that prosecutors have gathered for the case.
If he isn’t granted the flexibility to have the laptop computer Mangione must overview the data whereas he’s along with his protection crew, however his attorneys say there isn’t sufficient time below visiting hours for them to do this.
His attorneys famous within the submitting that there’s “no good reason” Mangione has not been supplied with the “full discovery” of associated info.
Mangione has been accused of capturing and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4. He was arrested in Pennsylvania after a multi-day search after which extradited to Brooklyn.
He has pleaded not responsible to the state prices but in addition faces a federal case that might carry the potential for the loss of life penalty.
