Capital punishment taken off table but Mangione will still face federal charges over killing of Brian Thompson
The death penalty is off the table for Luigi Mangione after a New York federal judge dismissed the charges that were eligible for capital punishment in the case accusing him of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York in December 2024.
In a written court order on Friday, US district judge Margaret Garnett dismissed counts three and four against Mangione, including murder through use of a firearm, which carried a potential death sentence, and a weapons charge.
She said she felt constrained by US supreme court precedents to dismiss the murder charges, saying they were legally “incompatible” with the two stalking charges the defendant still faces.
Mangione, 27, has previously pleaded not guilty to murder, weapons and stalking-related charges in the federal case. He still faces two federal stalking counts.
