Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers are urging a judge to throw out his state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

From the killer barber of “Sweeney Todd,” to Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins,” musicals have long dealt with morbid subject matter. Now a musical comedy based on Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man accused of gunning down the CEO of a healthcare company,

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty in New York federal court to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione faces a possible death sentence in the case if he is convicted of murdering Thompson,