Mangione lawyers to assert psychiatric defense in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

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Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, plans to pursue a psychiatric defense in his state murder trial, a judge revealed Wednesday. New York Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione’s lawyers notified the court that they intend to argue that the 28-year-old Ivy League graduate from Maryland was suffering from an “extreme…