US Justice Dept. Says Mangione Defense Can't Seek to Preclude Death Penalty Before Federal Indictment

The defense argues that the public statements of Attorney General Pamela Bondi violate the fairness of the judicial process against the accused of killing Brian Thompson.

US Justice Dept. Says Mangione Defense Can't Seek to Preclude Death Penalty Before Federal Indictment

While U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi on April 1 publicly stated the DOJ would try Luigi Mangione's case as a capital offense, federal prosecutors in Manhattan on Tuesday called the defense motion premature, arguing that they may not move to preclude the death penalty when their client hasn't been indicted.

Trump Will Be Long Gone Before Luigi Mangione Faces Execution

The Trump administration vows to seek the death penalty “whenever possible.” But federal cases move slowly, and few result in a death sentence at all.

For Luigi Mangione, Trump's United States wants the death penalty

An anonymous donor contributes $36,500 to the defense of Luigi Mangione's wife, the migrant deported by mistake to El Salvador: "I will not stop fighting until I see him" Luigi Mangione, the alleged murderer of the executive director of UnitedHealthcare, has asked the judge who conducts his federal case in New York to make it impossible to impose the death penalty on him if he is convicted, something that the Prosecutor's Office considered today…

Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, has asked the federal judge hearing his case in New York to bar him from receiving the death penalty if convicted, something prosecutors today called "premature." The exchange comes after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said earlier this month that she had directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty, even though he has not been tried, and portrayed him as the perpetrator …