Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday. It wouldn’t absolve him of the Dec. 4, 2024, killing, but could free him from prison sooner.

If a jury accepts that defense, the panel would convict Mangione of manslaughter and he would face up to 25 years in prison. Alternatively, the jury could reject the extreme emotional disturbance defense and convict him of murder, which carries a potential life sentence. That defense isn’t available in his federal case.

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    10 days ago

    Just like the PDFILE island… no justice will be served… They will drag lugi through the mud only to nail him to the cross just like your christ. The yankkkee doodle dandy giving strangers candy prides itself as it tries to emulate the holy roman empire. They will put your christ to death to kill your moral. There is no justice in the imperial core unless it serves a purpose to send a measage to the plebs. Come on kiddos time to grow up and let go of childish things.

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        9 days ago

        Shoot, you can say darn. I don’t give a crud, if you say heck…

        But for real, the internet used to be a place where I would casually see racial slurs. Somehow that is still preferrable to learning that a PDF-File has game ended himself with pewpews…

        Feel like I’m in a god damn nursery half the time.