A federal decide in New York on Friday dismissed the death-eligible counts from Luigi Mangione’s indictment.
Mangione, who’s accused of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan in December 2024, has pleaded not responsible to state and federal fees.
The protection wished the demise penalty taken off the desk, arguing that stalking “fails to qualify as a criminal offense of violence” and subsequently can’t be the predicate to make Mangione eligible for the demise penalty if he’s convicted of the federal fees. The protection additionally argued that the choice to hunt the demise penalty was political and circumvented the federal authorities’s protocols.
Luigi Mangione seems for a suppression of proof listening to within the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Prison Courtroom, December 18, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
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Choose Margaret Garnett has mentioned Mangione would stand trial for the federal case in October if the demise penalty was taken off the desk. Garnett mentioned jury selection will begin on Sept. 8.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office submitted a letter this week urging Mangione’s state trial to start on July 1, earlier than the federal case.
Luigi Mangione seems in Manhattan Prison Courtroom, Dec. 16, 2025, in New York.
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Garnett on Friday additionally declined to suppress evidence seized from Mangione’s backpack when he was apprehended in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Mangione’s attorneys have argued the backpack search was unlawful and police mustn’t have had instant entry to the gadgets inside, together with the alleged homicide weapon, a pocket book and writings. Federal prosecutors contend the Altoona Police Division’s search adopted departmental procedures.
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