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Man who killed Minnesota lawmaker and her husband pleads guilty in federal case
Prosecutors said the plea deal removes the death penalty and calls for multiple life sentences plus 40 years.
- 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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The AgeDressed as a cop, he arrived at a politician’s home and rang the doorbell. Then the killing began
A Minnesota man who spent months stalking Democrats before killing a top Minnesota politician and her husband has been spared the death penalty.
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Minn. man pleads guilty to killing lawmaker
A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he killed Minnesota's House speaker and her husband and attempted to murder a state senator and his wife, according to court records.
·Omaha, United States
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