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Luigi Mangione’s legal team has dropped their plan to use an extreme emotional disturbance defense in his state murder trial, marking a major pivot after initially arguing he was mentally unstable at the time of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing. The decision comes after they missed a deadline to present evidence and reveals a strategic retreat — if they’d pursued the defense, it could have led to a manslaughter charge instead of murder. This move contrasts sharply with an insanity plea, which would have aimed for psychiatric commitment. Prosecutors remain silent on the shift. Mangione, 28, still denies all charges, with his state trial set for September 8th and federal stalking trial following in October. Evidence against him includes a 3D-printed gun, ammunition stamped with coded messages tied to insurance claims, and a notebook explicitly targeting a health insurance executive — all pointing to a chillingly calculated act.

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