{"id":114974,"date":"2025-04-15T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/15\/us-justice-dept-says-mangione-defense-cant-seek-to-preclude-death-penalty-before-federal-indictment\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T20:27:04","slug":"us-justice-dept-says-mangione-defense-cant-seek-to-preclude-death-penalty-before-federal-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/15\/us-justice-dept-says-mangione-defense-cant-seek-to-preclude-death-penalty-before-federal-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"US Justice Dept. 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the defense motion premature, arguing that they may not move to preclude the death penalty when their client hasn&#8217;t been indicted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/916742588\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/916742588\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/916742588\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" 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