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Mangione's lawyers plan psychiatric defence in state murder trial
They will argue he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance" at the time UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was killed.
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According to BBC News’s source item, Mangione’s lawyers plan psychiatric defence in state murder trial, They will argue he was suffering from “extreme emotional disturbance” at the time UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was killed.
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- Mangione's lawyers plan psychiatric defence in state murder trialBBC News - 2026-06-17T15:52:47+00:00
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