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Jun 08, 2026

U.S. Department of Justice Will Not Seek Death Penalty in Trial of Vance Boelter, Accused of Killing Minnesota State Lawmaker

A spokesper­son for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment will not seek a death sen­tence for Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her hus­band, Mark Hortman. Mr. Boelter is charged with their mur­ders and stalk­ing, but DOJ said that stalk­ing like­ly would not meet the def­i­n­i­tion of a​“crime of vio­lence,” which would be nec­es­sary to secure a fed­er­al death sen­tence. Mr. Boelter also…