Each death penalty case is autho­rized by the DOJ headquarters in Washington, D.C., in con­sul­ta­tion with local U.S. Attorney offices, who prosecute the cases.

Federal prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a shooting outside a New York hotel last December.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said she directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against the alleged killer of  Brian ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi is directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione if he is convicted of the murder of CEO Brian Thompson.

Attaching the death penalty to Mangione’s trial would only make a martyr out of an accused killer who has already inspired ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) that she had instructed federal prosecutors to pursue capital ...