Why is Luigi Mangione potentially facing the death penalty for the murder of one person when other murderers with similar crimes get jain time?

[u/Glittery_WarlockWho]

Please no snarky comments of 'you know why' , 'it's because the guy was rich' etc... There HAS to be a reason why his crime is getting sentenced so heavily that doesn't have to do with the net worth of his victim, or at least I hope there is.

In my city, a drunk driver kills two people in a car and he's sentenced to jail for 20 years and gets out in 12 for good behaviour.

Luigi kills one man and is facing the death penalty?

I don't understand, he didn't kidnap, rape or torture, I've heard of murderers who rape and murder their victims get sentenced to jail.

[u/blindgallan]

He is being made an example of.

[u/gashndash → u/blindgallan]

Because he single handedly wiped $250B off UNH’s stock for exposing the fraud

[u/diefreetimedie → u/gashndash]

This right here. It's not for Brian Thompson, it's for the capital.