Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League graduate accused of fatally shooting a UnitedHealthcare executive on a Manhattan sidewalk last year, asked a federal judge on Saturday to remove the possibility that he would face the death penalty, arguing his murder and gun charges should be dropped because his rights were violated during his arrest.

Manhattan federal prosecutors charged Mangione with two counts of stalking, murder through the use of a firearm, and illegal gun possession after they say he staked out health insurance executive Brian Thompson ahead of a Dec. 4, 2024, investor conference in midtown, then shot him in the back with a homemade gun before fleeing to Altoona, Pennsylvania. Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

After a weeklong manhunt, employees in an

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