当地时间12月23日，美国枪杀联合健康 保险公司首席执行官布莱恩·汤普森 （Brian Thompson）的嫌疑人路易吉·曼吉奥内 （Luigi Mangione）在当日的听证会上对其在纽约州的谋杀和恐怖袭击等罪名提出无罪抗辩（pleaded not guilty）。
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down health insurance executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, pleaded not guilty on Monday to New York state murder charges that brand him a terrorist.
这是曼吉奥内首次正式回应曼哈顿地方检察官提出的指控。
根据起诉书，曼吉奥内在纽约州面临11项指控，包括一项一级谋杀罪和两项二级谋杀罪。此外，他还面临四项联邦指控。
据路透社报道，如果罪名成立，曼吉奥内最高将面临无期徒刑，并且不得假释。
If convicted, the 26-year-old murder suspect faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole . parole/pəˈrəʊl/：假释
当地时间12月4日早晨，美国联合健康集团旗下联合健康保险公司首席执行官布赖恩·汤普森在纽约曼哈顿中城区希尔顿酒店外遭枪击身亡。
根据纽约警方的信息，案发时，曼吉奥内用一把3D打印手枪，在通向酒店的一个侧门处朝汤普森连开多枪，之后迅速逃离。
9日，曼吉奥内被捕，事件震惊全美。
Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group's insurance unit UnitedHealthcare, was shot dead on Dec 4 outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan where the company was gathering for an investor conference.
据了解，现年26岁的曼吉奥内出身富裕家庭，毕业于美国常春藤联盟之一的宾夕法尼亚大学。因为背部手术被保险公司拖延赔付，他对美国商业医疗制度产生不满。不过，据美媒报道，他并不是联合健康保险的客户。
在被捕时随身携带的两页“宣言”中，路易吉写道，“美国拥有全球最昂贵的医疗体系，预期寿命却排在第43位。”他称，“许多人已经将这种腐败与贪婪讲得很清楚。”
Investigators believe Mangione, a former high school valedictorian and Ivy League graduate born into a well-to-do family, appeared to be driven by anger against the health insurance industry and “corporate greed”, according to a NYPD intelligence report obtained by CNN. well-to-do：富裕的
根据美联社报道，联合健康保险公司等美国医保企业常因拒绝理赔或复杂化相关程序而遭患者诟病。
今年10月，国会参议院发布报告，指认联合健康保险公司等三家企业近年来对特定医保患者拒绝理赔的案例激增。
据美媒报道，这一案件似乎点燃了美国民众对医保险系统的怨愤情绪，大批民众表达了对曼吉奥内的支持。网友们甚至将他塑造成民间英雄。
Mangione has been made into something of a macabre folk hero online after Thompson’s murder exposed deep anger and resentment toward the US healthcare system and insurers like UnitedHealthcare. macabre /məˈkɑːbrə/ 恐怖的
9日，曼吉奥内在宾夕法尼亚州阿尔图纳的一家麦当劳用餐时被捕。
19日，他从宾夕法尼亚州被押送飞往纽约。
抵达位于曼哈顿的直升机机场时，他戴着手铐，一身橘色囚服，神色桀骜地走在一群荷枪实弹的警察中，成为网友们疯转的画面。
Mangione was arrested at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Dec 9. After deciding last week not to fight extradition, he was transferred to New York, where he was led off a helicopter in Lower Manhattan by a large phalanx of police officers. phalanx /ˈfælæŋks/：方阵；密集的人群 Tourists were seen nearby taking videos and photos upon his arrival at a Manhattan heliport. Mangione's striking physical appearance, too, has given him a quasi-folk hero status online. quasi- /ˈkwɑːzi/ 半；准
而此次曼吉奥内出庭的照片，不出意外地再度 引发热议。
当天他戴着链锁现身媒体前，目视前方，一脸淡定。他身穿的安可拉红毛衣也在网上大火。
网友们热情高涨地搜寻毛衣品牌，确认是诺德斯特龙一款美利奴羊毛圆领毛衣。随后，有网友称这款毛衣已经售罄。
Luigi Mangione became an unlikely fashion influencer after his appearance in a Manhattan courtroom. All eyes appeared to be on his burgundy sweater. burgundy /ˈbɜːgəndɪ/ 勃艮第葡萄酒；深红色 Fans later determined that Mangione was wearing the “washable Merino crewneck sweater” from Nordstrom. “No fing way the sweater Luigi Mangione wore to court today is sold out,” one person pointed out on X/Twitter on Monday.
据外媒报道，听证会上，曼吉奥内 的律师凯伦· 阿格尼菲洛 对 法 官说 ，她担心委托人能否获得公平审判 的权利。 她 认为，曼吉奥内被当 作政治工具利用 。
That spectacle and other statements by public officials suggest Mangione may not be able to get a fair trial, his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo said at Monday's hearing. "They are treating him like he is some sort of political fodder, some sort of spectacle," Agnifilo said. "He is not a symbol, he is someone who is afforded a right to a fair trial."
曼吉奥内抵达纽约后，人们意外地发现纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯和纽约警察局长杰西卡·蒂施也在警察队伍中。
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alongside Commissioner Jessica Tisch of the New York Police Department, stood for dramatic photos at the Manhattan helipad where Mangione was flown in on Thursday. A large group of police officers walked Mangione from the helicopter, making for images that went viral on social media.
很多批评声音认为官员们在作秀。市民安德里亚说：“这段短短的路程成为了一个T型秀台，美国政治就是这样充满戏剧化色彩。”
斯坦福大学法学教授韦斯伯格则更加直截了当，他认为纽约市长作秀的色彩过于明显，“比起在人潮涌动的大街上公开作秀，在封闭环境下由几十名警方特工保护起来的作秀要更加安全。”
编辑：左卓
来源：路透社 CNN 独立报
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