Feds Won't Seek Death Penalty in Plea Deal with Man Accused of Killing Top Minnesota Democrat
Federal prosecutors said the plea agreement would spare Vance Boelter a capital case as he faces murder and attempted murder charges.
- Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday they will not seek the death penalty against Vance Boelter as part of a proposed plea agreement, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the decision.
- In June 2025, Boelter allegedly disguised himself as a police officer to shoot Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, Mark Hortman, State Sen. John Hoffman, and Yvette Hoffman in the early morning hours.
- A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. in federal court in Minneapolis, after federal prosecutors and Boelter's attorneys conferred and requested the hearing.
- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz previously described the shooting as what "appears to be a politically motivated assassination," and the plea deal arrives days before the one-year anniversary.
- This agreement concludes a case that authorities previously described as the largest search in Minnesota history, resolving federal and state murder and attempted murder charges against Boelter.
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U.S. prosecutors said they won't seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man accused of killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, along with her husband, as well as wounding a state senator and his wife.
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Feds won't seek death penalty in plea deal with man accused of killing top Minnesota Democrat
U.S. prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty as part of a plea agreement with the man charged in the political assassinations of the top Democrat in the Minnesota House along with her husband, as well as the attempted murders of a state senator and his wife.
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