Mangione lawyers abandon psychiatric defense over health CEO’s killing
by Guardian staff and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#76DN5)
Legal team of alleged gunman, 28, reverses position on extreme emotional disturbance' defense after one day
In a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione's legal team said on Thursday they would no longer pursue a psychiatric defense in his upcoming state trial over the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Just one day earlier, Mangione's lawyers told Judge Gregory Carro they would pursue a defense claiming the 28-year-old was suffering an extreme emotional disturbance" at the time of Thompson's killing on 4 December 2024.
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