Luigi Mangiones guilty plea: Letters to the Editor Aug. 18, 2026

Luigi Mangione stalked and killed the innocent CEO of UnitedHealthcare, claiming he was a victim of a health problem, and you have idiots coming to his defense (“Sick cult of idiotic fangirls,” Kirsten Fleming, Aug.15).This is the most ridiculous story from start to finish.

This man is a murderer and needs to go to jail for life.These people, including his attorney, need to check themselves.Murder is murder and you do not get a free, pass.

Young women sending money and love to this guy need to stop and get help.Kate PhelanBoca Raton, Fla.Mangione is a diabolical murderer who is deserving of the death penalty.Any decent, righteous person should agree that this assassin should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Yet he has become a darling to a cult of young, delusional people.The visibly distraught widow of Brian Thompson had to come face-to-face with the sinister Mangione in court.Upon departing, she was disgracefully confronted by a cult of deviant misfits chanting “America loves Luigi.” What a toxic, morally toxic society we live in.Denis DavidEast RockawayThe lawyers for Luigi Mangione, who wasn’t even a customer of UnitedHealthcare, claimed his murderous rage was attributed to “chronic” back pain.

Who doesn’t have back pain? Should everybody who has it kill a health-care executive?As for the “Mangionistas,” when you come to your senses, if you ever do, you’ll be ashamed of what you’ve done.This is really sick and abnormal behavior.I suggest you find a just cause to rally around — not a psychopath.Louie ReySummerville, SCMangione’s court statement that he understood his action would place Thompson “in fear of death” is an egregious falsehood.

This coward shot an innocent man in the back.Thompson was executed with absolutely no warning.Mangione should never experience another day of freedom.Chas HuntSandy Hook, Conn.Fleming’s account of the “Mangionistas” calls to mind a warning issued nearly 40 years ago by ...