A federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Friday that Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty.
Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed two counts of the indictment, leaving the two others that carry a potential maximum punishment of “life in prison without parole.”
“The chief practical effect of the legal infirmities of Counts Three and Four, and this Court’s decision that they must be dismissed, is solely to foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury that will otherwise determine, at trial, whether to convict the Defendant for causing Brian Thompson’s death,” the judge wrote.
Mangione was indicted for allegedly stalking and murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024.
Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors in April to seek the death penalty to “carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.” (RELATED: Man Impersonating FBI Agent Reportedly Tries To Free Luigi Mangione With Unusual Utensils)
“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,” Bondi wrote in April.
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