Judge takes death penalty off table
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U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge against Mangione, finding that it was technically flawed.
The decision throws out two potentially death-eligible charges against the man accused of killing a UnitedHealthcare executive.
One of the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump amid the flurry of actions on his first day in office yesterday aims to reverse the long national decline in executions and provide federal support for states to carry out the death penalty.