Luigi Mangione is due to appear in a New York courtroom Tuesday for what could be the final hearing before his state murder trial begins next month. Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are WATCH HERE WATCH HEREIf convicted, he faces up to life in prison if convicted in the New York State Supreme Court. “I think the prosecution is clearly going to want to keep off people who have some kind of axe to grind about health care,” Roiphe said. The Justice Department was seeking the death penalty in the federal case, but that option was taken off the table earlier this year. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett issued a ruling in January that effectively blocks New York federal prosecutors from pursuing a capital case.