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Thursday, June 18, 2026
BREAKING: Luigi Mangione withdraws plans to use a psychiatric defense in murder trial

Attorneys for Luigi Mangione are withdrawing his psychiatric defense in the state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, documents show.

The development comes one day after a judge said that the defense team was planning to argue that Mangione was experiencing an extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the killing.

Mangione faces second-degree murder and other charges in connection with the 2024 fatal shooting of Thompson in Manhattan.

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