ByAlison Durkee,
Forbes Staff.
Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson when his case goes to trial later this year, a federal judge ruled Friday, throwing out two counts against the suspect that would have heightened the potential punishment for his alleged crimes.
Judge Margaret Garnett ruled Friday to dismiss two charges against Mangione, for murder through use of a firearm and use of a firearm with a silencer to commit a “crime of violence.”
One of those counts was punishable by the death penalty, so the “chief practical effect” of Garnett’s ruling is that a jury will no longer consider whether Mangione should be sentenced to the death penalty, the judge wrote.
