CEO shooting suspect may win with this 'very strong, public political defense': lawyer
Raw StoryLuigi Mangione — who has been charged in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — could be banking on one particular defense strategy in order to prevail in court. While it remains unknown exactly how Mangione will argue his innocence, one attorney recently told the Guardian that he thinks the alleged killer could bank on claiming he was in "extreme emotional disturbance." "He has one and only one viable defense and that is extreme emotional disturbance," veteran civil rights attorney Ron Kuby said. Another unnamed New York City-based criminal defense attorney anonymously told the outlet that Mangione will have a "limited number of defenses" available to him. "The good thing about the defense, from what I’m going to assume is Mr Mangione’s perspective, is that it’s a strong legal defense or at least it’s a viable legal defense, but it’s also a very strong public, political defense," Kuby told the Guardian.