Luigi Mangione case: Does New York have the death penalty?

April 01, 2025 09:55 IST Luigi Mangione is facing Federal and Murder charges in New York for the murder of Brian Thompson. Pam Bondi instructed prosecutors to seek death penalty. The US Attorney General Pamela Bondi has instructed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione in connection with the murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of the insurance division of Unitedhealth Group, in New York. Luigi Mangione is accused of killing US insurance CEO Brian Thompson. (AFP) “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson-an innocent man and father of two young children was a preconceived, cold-blooded murder that shocked America, a statement issued by Pan Bondi on Tuesday morning. made, “the statement continued. Also read: A heart-shaped note is found in socks bound to Luigi Mangione, New York said the death penalty? and arrested in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. However, according to AP, New York does not have the death penalty for state costs. According to the death penalty information center, the New York Appeal Court declared the state’s death penalty unconstitutional in 2004. Since then, the efforts to reinstate it have been unsuccessful. In 2008, Governor David Paterson issued an executive order that drafted the removal of all execution equipment from state facilities. Also read: Sean Diddy, Luigi Mangione is suffering a new blow in Brooklyn Prison, has been under “modified operation”, but in addition to the state charges, Mangione stands a parallel accusation in the Federal Court in Manhattan for the murder of Thompson. If convicted, he may face the death penalty in the federal case. He has not yet entered into a plea for federal charges.