A federal judge on Friday blocked prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive in New York in December 2024.
The judge dismissed two federal charges against Mangione that could carry the death penalty: murder and using a gun with a silencer.
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