Judge rules federal prosecutors can't seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione.
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What ruling did the judge make regarding Luigi Mangione's case?
A big day in court for an accused killer on Lisa Brady. Fox News, a federal judge giving a partial win to Luigi Mangione, who's charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson on a New York City street in 2024.
The judge has agreed with Mangione's defense team to throw out the most serious charge against him of murder through use of a firearm and another firearms weapons charge. This means that the death penalty is now off the table in this federal case in New York State as far as the state case doesn't do the death penalty. The other big decision, the judge denied Mangione's defense team's request to suppress some of the evidence.
This is Nate Foy at federal court in Manhattan. That evidence includes a gun found in Mangione's backpack during his arrest. Both decisions can be appealed. The Justice Department releasing another three million pages from the Jeffrey Epstein files, including thousands of videos and images, wrapping the disclosures required by Congress about investigations of the late sex offender after weeks of review to make redactions.
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Why was the death penalty ruled out for Luigi Mangione?
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What evidence was allowed in Luigi Mangione's trial?
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