Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek to bar possibility of death penalty in federal case

Lawyers argue authorities prejudiced the case against Mangione by turning arrest into a Marvel movie' spectacle

Luigi Mangione's lawyers urged a judge on Saturday to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that authorities prejudiced the case against him by turning his arrest into a Marvel movie" spectacle and by publicly declaring their desire to see him executed.

Fresh from a legal victory that eliminated terrorism charges in Mangione's state murder case, his lawyers are now fighting to have his federal case dismissed, seizing on US attorney general Pam Bondi's declaration prior to his April indictment that capital punishment is warranted for a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America".