By Corinne Ramey and C. Ryan Barber
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the accused killer of a UnitedHealth executive, calling the slaying a "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America."
"After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump's agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again," Bondi said in a statement.
The Justice Department said the directive aligned with a memo Bondi issued on her first day that called for reviving the death penalty and lifting a federal moratorium on capital punishment, which was ordered by the Biden administration in 2021. The first Trump administration had reactivated the federal death penalty after a 17-year hiatus and put 13 inmates to death in its final months.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 01, 2025 11:37 ET (15:37 GMT)
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