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Anna Betts in New York and agencies

Judge rules Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty in healthcare CEO case

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Luigi Mangione appears in court in New York on 16 December 2025. Photograph: Seth Wenig/Pool via Getty Images

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.

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