Overview
- Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett they will not seek interlocutory review, leaving her Jan. 30 order intact.
- Garnett dismissed the death‑eligible murder‑through‑a‑firearm and related gun counts after ruling that the alleged stalking does not qualify as a crime of violence under precedent.
- The federal case now proceeds on two interstate stalking charges that each carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole, and Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty.
- Federal jury selection is scheduled for Sept. 8 with opening statements set for Oct. 13, while the separate New York state murder trial is slated to begin June 8.
- The ruling upended Attorney General Pam Bondi’s earlier directive to pursue capital punishment in what had been the administration’s first federal death‑penalty case of the term.