crime BBC US & Canada June 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM

Mangione's lawyers plan psychiatric defence in state murder trial

By Alert USA — Civilian Readiness Desk · June 17, 2026

They will argue he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance" at the time UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was killed.

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