This means the federal trial is expected to begin this fall.

Federal prosecutors in New York signaled in a letter to the court Friday that they would not appeal a judge's decision that removed the death penalty from consideration in the case against Luigi Mangione.

This means the federal trial is expected to begin this fall with jury selection in September.

In late January, U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed the death-eligible counts from Mangione's federal indictment. "Tortured and strange" though she said her conclusion may be, Garnett ruled stalking is not a crime of violence and, therefore, not a predicate to make the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a capital crime.

FILE - Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York.…