US EditionLuigi Mangione will not face death penalty, judge rules
Judge Margaret Garnett blocked the federal death penalty citing legal constraints on violence-related charges; Mangione faces life imprisonment risks in related stalking and state murder cases.
- On Friday, January 30, 2026, U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett dismissed the death-eligible counts from Luigi Mangione's indictment, ruling he will not face the death penalty if convicted.
- The judge found that prosecutors relied on stalking charges which did not meet the legal definition of a crime of violence, ruling after oral arguments earlier this month.
- Court records show that during the arrest, police found a loaded magazine wrapped in underwear inside Mangione's backpack, along with a notebook describing `wack` of an insurance executive, and surveillance footage of a masked shooter; he was arrested five days later in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
- The ruling dealt a setback to federal prosecutors in Manhattan after Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered them last April to seek the death penalty, and Garnett gave prosecutors 30 days to notify any appeal plans.
- Mangione has pleaded not guilty and federal jury selection is scheduled to begin Sept. 8, while the Manhattan district attorney's office urged a July 1 start for the state trial.
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Luigi Mangione Can't Be Sentenced to Death for Killing the Unitedhealthcare Director, Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione, suspected of killing the boss of the largest U.S. health insurance group in New York in 2024, will not be able to be sentenced to death, decided on Friday, a federal judge, according to AFP.
A federal judge blocked Friday the possibility for prosecutors to apply for the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, accused of shooting the executive director of a health insurance company in 2024, in New York City.
Judge bars prosecutors from seeking death penalty against Mangione
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated,…
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