Luigi Mangione to pursue psychiatric defense in New York state murder trial

Judge discloses Mangione’s team plans to argue he suffered ‘extreme emotional disturbance at time of occurrence’Luigi Mangione’s legal team plans on pursuing a psychiatric defense during his upcoming Manhattan state court trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, court proceedings revealed on Wednesday.Judge Gregory Carro revealed the move in a discussion of unsealing records related to the defense’s request to pursue this legal strategy. Continue reading...