The Social Security Administration this week entered the names and Social Security numbers of more than 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track dead people, effectively erasing their ability to receive benefits or work legally in the United States,

The death penalty is also banned in the District of Columbia and in 22 other states, aside from New Jersey. In New York, the death penalty was outlawed in 2004 by a state court ruling. This means that New York prosecutors cannot pursue the death penalty in the case of Luigi Mangione.

Luigi Mangione could face the most serious punishment of all if he’s convicted. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed prosecutors in New York City on Tuesday to seek the death penalty against the 26-year-old Ivy league graduate,