His defense lawyer, Karen Agnifilo Friedman, requested that the top charge be dropped because, she said, it should not be applied to the death of a single person. The Manhattan District Attorney filed an 82-page brief opposing Luigi Mangione's effort to drop his terrorism charges.

NEW YORK (AP) — Six weeks before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel in December, suspect Luigi Mangione mused about rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel” and said killing the executive “conveys a greedy bastard that had it coming,” prosecutors revealed Wednesday.

Luigi Mangione reportedly mapped out his thought process before allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a journal found on his person during his detainment.