Entries tagged with “Pam Bondi”
Sep 24, 2025
Mangione’s Counsel Challenge Constitutionality of Federal Death Penalty as Arbitrary
In a motion filed September 20, 2025, attorneys for Luigi Mangione, indicted in the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, have filed a broad challenge to the constitutionality of the federal death penalty, arguing that it is applied arbitrarily, in violation of Fifth Amendment’s due process protections and the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments. They are asking the United States District Court in the Southern District…
Federal Death Penalty
,Apr 21, 2025
A.C.L.U. Lawsuit Seeks to Prevent Transfer of Former Federally Death-Sentenced Prisoners to “Supermax” Prison
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several other organizations representing a group of formerly federally death-sentenced prisoners filed a federal lawsuit on April 16, 2025 seeking to prevent their transfer to the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado, known as“ADX.” The transfers were threatened by the Department of Justice in response to President Donald Trump’s January 20th Executive Order 14164, which…
Federal Death Penalty
,Apr 07, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Directs Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione, Marking First Federal Death Sentence Sought By This Trump Administration
On April 1, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she has directed acting U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, Matthew Podolsky, to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione for the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. This is the first time AG Bondi has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty since President Donald Trump assumed office in January 2025, when he issued an executive order including a call to“restore” the federal death penalty. In a…