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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak

Luigi Mangione avoids death penalty after prosecutors will not appeal ruling

Federal prosecutors said Friday they will not challenge a judge’s decision preventing them from pursuing the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

In a letter, Deputy U.S. Attorney Sean Buckley informed Judge Margaret Garnett that the government will not ask the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn her ruling, clearing the way for a federal trial set to begin in September. Mangione’s separate state murder trial is scheduled for June.

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