From the New York Post: The death penalty is officially off the table for accused healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione.
Manhattan federal prosecutors revealed Friday that they won’t appeal a judge’s ruling that axed capital punishment charges against the 27-year-old Ivy League graduate.
The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District wrote in a letter that it will accept Judge Margarett Garnett ‘s Jan.30 decision to toss the death-penalty-eligible murder rap, citing legal flaws.
The 27-year-old accused killer will still face life in prison at his upcoming federal trial — slated to start in September — if convicted of fatally shooting UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson in a Dec.4, 2024 targeted hit on a Midtown sidewalk.
Judge Garnett bizarrely ruled that prosecutors would need to show that Mangione had killed Thompson while committing another “crime of violence” in order to seek the death penalty. Evidently, allegedly tracking him to New York City, lying in wait, then shooting him in the back just wasn’t enough.
In a twisted turn, the report also explains that “Mangione won’t technically be charged with murder in the federal case, and will instead face a charge of “stalking” Thompson, leading to the father-of-two’s death.”
In addition to the federal case, a separate murder trial in the state court is expected to start in June, where Mangione also faces life in prison.
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Federal prosecutors NOT appealing judge’s decision to dismiss counts 3 & 4 in Luigi Mangione’s federal case pic.twitter.com/n9Y71ZOvCz
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