Attorneys for Luigi Mangione , charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, are urging a New York judge to toss several counts from his federal indictment, among them the only charge that qualifies for the death penalty.

In a series of filings submitted on Saturday, Mangione’s lawyers argue that prosecutors overreached in seeking the death penalty and that police violated his constitutional rights when they arrested and questioned him in Pennsylvania days after the killing.

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