The alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer faces the death penalty. Will a jury impose that punishment?

Even if he's convicted, a jury might decide on a lesser punishment for Luigi Mangione in the trial's penalty phase

It was a decision that everyone expected to come. But it still had all the drama of a made-for-television legal show: would the government seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering a top health insurance executive on a Manhattan street?

The answer came last week: yes.