Luigi Mangione won't face death penalty in CEO murder case, federal judge rules

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Luigi Mangione, the fishy successful the sidesplitting of UnitedHealth Group main enforcement Brian Thompson, walks connected the time of an arraignment hearing, astatine New York Supreme Court successful New York City, U.S. December 23, 2024. 

Eduardo Munoz | Reuters

Luigi Mangione volition not look a imaginable decease punishment condemnation successful the New York national transgression lawsuit wherever helium is charged with sidesplitting wellness security CEO Brian Thompson, a justice ruled Friday.

Manhattan U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Garnett, successful an bid connected Friday, dismissed 2 of the 4 transgression counts Mangione faced successful the case.

The imaginable maximum condemnation for the remaining 2 counts for causing Thompson's decease nether national stalking laws is "life successful situation without parole," Garnett noted.

The 3rd count, which accused Mangione of brandishing and discharging a handgun equipped with a silencer successful transportation with that alleged stalking, "is a capital-eligible offense," the justice wrote.

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