Here’s why Luigi Mangione may have shockingly scrapped his ‘psych defense’ in NY murder trial

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• Lawyers for Luigi Mangione have withdrawn their plan to pursue a psychiatric defense in his New York state murder trial over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

  according to CBS News — Latest

• Luigi Mangione is for now withdrawing plans to introduce evidence at trial that he was undergoing an extreme mental health crisis at the time he shot dead a health insurance executive in New York.

  according to RTÉ News — World

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