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1. Suspect in Minnesota political killings will not face death penalty: DOJ, ABC

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 04:31 AM

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Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Vance Boelter, the man charged in the 2025 fatal shooting of a Minnesota state representative and her husband, and another attack that left a second lawmaker and his wife wounded, according to a Department of Justice spokesperson.

Prosecutors declined to pursue the ultimate punishment against 58-year-old Boelter because a federal judge ruled earlier this year in an unrelated murder case that interstate stalking charges do not rise to the level to support a capital crime, officials said.

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