Courts and Crime
In a heated court proceeding on Wednesday, June 17, Mangione’s lawyers said they might use a “psychiatric defense” when his trial starts in September
UPDATE: On Thursday afternoon, June 18, Luigi Mangione’s defense attorneys withdrew their notice to pursue psychiatric defense in a one-line email to Judge Gregory Carro.
Luigi Mangione appeared in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday, where Judge Gregory Carro unsealed Mangione’s defense team’s motion to potentially seek a “psychiatric defense” on the basis of “extreme emotional disturbance” at the time of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione, who sat in between his lawyers and wore a dark blue suit, was quiet throughout the brief hearing and held a folder up in front of his face for most of the time photographers were allowed to take pictures.
