UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed in Midtown Manhattan by masked gunman in December 2024
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Guess Who
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Is the prosecution that incompetent???
Luigi Mangione's hearing delayed a day after DA failed to tell jail he's needed in court
A hearing in Luigi Mangione ’s state murder case in the killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was postponed until Wednesday after prosecutors failed to inform his jailors that he was needed in court.www.ctvnews.ca
Luigi Mangione's hearing delayed a day after DA failed to tell jail he's needed in court
A hearing in Luigi Mangione ’s state murder case in the killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was postponed until Wednesday after prosecutors failed to inform his jailors that he was needed in court.
Judge Gregory Carro had scheduled the hearing for Tuesday but adjourned it about a half-hour after it was supposed to start when Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann told him that prosecutors had failed to send required paperwork to the jail.
“It’s on us,” Seidemann said. “We got the writ signed but we failed to serve it.”
“That’s unfortunate,” Carro replied.
Seidemann noted that the judge in Mangione’s federal case, Margaret Garnett, had sent an order to the jail authorizing him to wear a suit to court, but the prosecutor acknowledged that alone wasn’t enough to get him brought to court.
Mangione, 28, is being held at a federal jail in Brooklyn while awaiting trial in state and federal trials in the Dec. 4, 2024, killing. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases and could spend his life in prison if convicted in either case.
Carro had been expected to rule Tuesday on an unspecified matter after holding a secret hearing two weeks ago. Carro said he sealed the virtual proceeding at the request of the defense but provided no other details at the time.
Any ruling from Carro would now come on Wednesday.
Let's hope not.
Guess Who
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Well, they have already screwed up a few things that should be cut and dry. Seems they are going on confidence and not procedure and that can wreck a case fast. With the way it's going, he's bound to get off on a technicality.
Cousin Dupree
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Casey Anthony ring a bell with anyone.
Guess Who
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and OJ
I still think both of those cases had more to do with the sequestering for weeks with at least one hold out and they just wanted to go home.
Cousin Dupree
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I have to admit that once Furman took the fifth on planting evidence, that would be close to reasonable doubt for me.
Guess Who
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Yep. Just like how is should have to all in the KR case
Cousin Dupree
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KR?
Luigi 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 trial
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson, will argue a psychiatric defence at his state murder trial, a judge said on Wednesday.According to CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, Mangione's lawyers have told Judge Gregory Carro that they will try to show he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence".
He has pleaded not guilty in both the federal and state cases against him for the shooting death of Thompson in midtown Manhattan at the end of 2024.
If a jury agrees with the psychiatric defence, then it could convict Mangione of manslaughter, instead of murder.
The judge has announced that he would unseal court records related to the defence's plan, according to CBS.
Guess Who
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And now they aren't
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Luigi Mangione's attorneys say they are withdrawing psychiatric defense
Luigi Mangione's attorneys on Thursday told the judge in his New York state murder case they would withdraw their planned psychiatric defense.
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Prairiewind
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I have no idea what was going on here. I don't think the psychiatric defense was going to work anyway, and it couldn't be used in the federal case. So I don't know why they did assert it and then withdrew? Perplexing for sure.And now they aren't
Luigi Mangione's attorneys say they are withdrawing psychiatric defense
Luigi Mangione's attorneys on Thursday told the judge in his New York state murder case they would withdraw their planned psychiatric defense.
Guess Who
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Spaghetti - wall. Evidently it didn't stick.
Cousin Dupree
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Exactly what I was thinking.