Mangione No Longer Faces Death Penalty in Federal Case

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday ruled that prosecutors would not be able to seek the death penalty at the trial of Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old man accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare's chief executive in 2024.

The judge, Margaret Garnett of Federal District Court, said the case would still proceed to trial on two other counts, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole, in the killing of the executive, Brian Thompson.

But she dismissed two charges, including one that carried the death penalty, she said in a 39-page opinion...