"MANHATTAN - A FEDERAL JUDGE IN MANHATTAN HAS RULED AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY for Luigi Mangone, who will stand trial later this year for the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson . Judge Margaret Garnett, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissed a murder charge against Mangione and ruled on Friday morning, Jan. 30, that federal prosecutors can't seek the death penalty against Mangione, the Associated Press and other news sources report."
"Her ruling ends the Trump administration's push for Mangione's execution. Garnett found that the federal murder charge against Mangione was technically flawed."
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that federal prosecutors cannot seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangone. Judge Margaret Garnett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a federal murder charge against Mangione. Garnett found the federal murder charge technically flawed, ending the Trump administration's effort to pursue execution. The killing involved UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. State prosecutors set a July 1 trial date. Mangione pleaded not guilty to state second-degree murder and nine other counts. New York abolished the death penalty in 2004.
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