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Luigi Mangione’s defence to hinge on mindset, emotion, evidence

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Luigi Mangione , 26 , was arrested Dec. 9 in Altoona , Pennsylvania , ending a five-day manhunt.

Police claim they have accumulated overwhelming evidence that he fatally shot UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson .

Video showed a person matching Mangione ’s description in New York before and after the Dec. 4 shooting.

Each side would also seek to shape a jury to its benefit.

Friedman Agnifilo is likely to look for jurors who are skeptical of the police and prosecutors.

Prosecutors are likely to push back on any effort to paint Mangione as a righteous vigilante.

Under New York law, a defendant is not permitted to put forth a defense that attempts to appeal to bias.