In a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers told a judge Thursday that he will no longer be asserting a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The retraction came just a day after Mangione’s lawyers told Judge Gregory Carro that they planned to pursue a defense involving claims that the 28-year-old Ivy League graduate was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the Dec. 4, 2024, killing.
Doesn’t matter his defense. Good luck to the prosecution finding 12 people that have never been shafted by insurance. Hell, good luck finding 1.
Take a look at the comments on the article site. The prosecution won’t have as hard a time as you might think.
This is exactly what it was. They know theyll never get a jury to convict so their best option to to try and scare him into some kind of deal. He needs new lawyers.
There’s no way the jurors won’t be compromised. On the off chance they can’t bribe all 12 they can certainly threaten them. There’s no way this kid is ever going to get a fair trial.
Yeah, they can definitely threaten the families if ten people