Luigi Mangione extradited to New York. He faces the death penalty

Police officers with heavy weapons escorted Magione on a plane to New York immediately after he formally abandoned his intention to fight plans to deport him from Pennsylvania in court. He fled there from Manhattan after shooting Thompson on December 4 and was arrested.

The 26-year-old New York suspect will face the death penalty in state and federal court. According to the prosecutor's office, the state trial will begin first.

Earlier this week, a grand jury in New York State Court in Manhattan indicted him on one count of first-degree murder as an act of terrorism and two counts of second-degree murder. He is also accused of forging documents.

According to FBI Special Agent Gary Cobb, a notebook was found on Mangione “with handwritten remarks expressing hostility towards the health insurance industry and wealthy executives in particular.”

As explained by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, using a firearm to commit murder in a federal case is punishable by death or life imprisonment. Stalking (persistent, unwanted harassment, chasing another person, which makes him feel threatened, afraid or anxious) and using a firearm carry life sentences. The penalty for using a firearm is at least 30 years in prison.

It is unclear whether prosecutors will seek a death sentence. The decision, CNN emphasizes, must be approved by the attorney general USA.

Magione's defense attorney, former prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo, called the two-trial situation highly unusual. She said this had never happened to her in her 30-year legal career. The attorney asked prosecutors to clarify whether there was a joint investigation by federal and state prosecutors or two separate ones.