On Friday, Luigi Mangione appeared at New York federal court in Manhattan, where Federal judge Margaret Garnett announced she would eliminate the possibility of a death penalty sentence in his case.
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Mangione is facing charges in federal court and New York State court for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The four federal charges against him included two stalking charges, murder through the use of a firearm, and a firearms offense. The murder through the use of a firearm charge carried a possible death penalty sentence. Mangione’s defense argued that the stalking charges do not meet the requirements for a “crime of violence.” Judge Garnett, according to Friday morning’s opinion, agreed. Mangione now faces the maximum penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole…