Luigi Mangione escapes death penalty after DOJ decides not to appeal ruling

The death penalty is officially off the table for accused healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione.
Manhattan federal prosecutors revealed Friday that they won’t appeal a judge’s ruling that axed capital punishment charges against the 27-year-old Ivy League graduate.
The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District wrote in a letter that it will accept Judge Margarett Garnett ‘s Jan.30 decision to toss the death-penalty-eligible murder rap, citing legal flaws.

The 27-year-old accused killer will still face life in prison at his upcoming federal trial — slated to start in September — if convicted of fatally shooting UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson in a Dec.4, 2024 targeted hit on a Midtown sidewalk.
But Mangione won’t technically be charged with murder in the federal case, and will instead face a charge of “stalking” Thompson, leading to the father-of-two’s death.