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Hiii I wanted to provide some clarity on the EED defense that I didn’t explain well earlier.

The prosecution will still need to prove every element of the charged crime, but this defense is an admission of the underlying act.

The elements of a charged crime are usually an act (actus reus), a specific criminal mindset (mens rea), and several other situational elements. Here, the best way to explain it is that they are conceding that the act was done (taking a life), but they are not admitting guilt to the charged crime because they are challenging the requisite mindset. For murder, the requisite mind set is that the killing was done “intentionally” to take the life of another. They are arguing that Luigi could not have done this intentionally because an emotional disturbance effected his ability to be able to do so.

Makes sense? If I didn’t explain it well, let me know and I’ll try again lol.

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huzzahluigi

I hope they're prepared 🙏

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lmexposed

Luigi Mangione in court today:

The charge of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree (Count 9), stemming from the magazine found in Luigi’s backpack, has been dismissed.

250.10 notice (psychiatric defense) will be unsealed

The prosecution want to move him to Rikers.

Mention of Bellevue hospital (known for taking high profile defendants in New York to assess physical or mental conditions)

Everything will be open to the press going forward now that the psychiatric defense is confirmed.

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Okay, let’s try again! Press is in the courtroom and court staff has said that he is in the building. We should be good to go once all parties arive. Time to talk jury questionnaires and a letter from the press.

Edit: Defense team is in the courtroom already. Prosecution just arrived as well.

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Come to order!

Luigi is in the court room in civilian clothes. Time to go!

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There will be mental health defense information unsealed. They are using the extreme emotional disturbance defense. They have been working on this defense since September 2025.

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And begin the bickering about experts…

Karen also brings up the Dateline show, mentioning incomplete discovery and information that has not been received by the defense.

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The prosecution is also trying to move Luigi to Rikers. This probably won’t go. The defense made the point that the extreme emotional disturbance defense is not available federally, so any unsealed information will be prejudicial to the federal case.

Adjourned!

There is a lot to be said about this defense. I thought it was a long time coming, but now they have to produce all records, expert opinions, etc. related to Luigi’s mental state. Using a mental health defense is also usually an admittance of actus reus, so much of the trial will probably center around his mental health instead of the act itself, if deemed admitted.

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would you mind explaining this in more depth at some point? that would be awesome 🩷

mochibambigi

What an insane turn of events.

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mochibambigi

Just a reminder that EED is not an admission of guilt and the state still has to prove every element of every charge, beyond a reasonable doubt.

mochibambigi

The people must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime. They must prove without a reasonable doubt, every element of the charge. If and only if they meet their burden of proof, the defense will have to prove that the defendant acted under a state of extreme emotional disturbance. But if the state fail to meet their burden, he can still walk away scotch free, with a not guilty verdict.

So here are the possibilities for Luigi:

1. Not guilty verdict if the prosecutions don’t meet this burden of proof

2. Not guilty by way of jury nullification

3. Prosecutors meet their burden but defense proves extreme emotional disturbance, lessens his sentence

4. Defense can’t prove extreme emotional disturbance

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squeejs-bbg

Well, that was a lot! And seemingly nothing about jury questionnaires😅I predicted earlier yesterday that this would come up, but keep in mind that extreme emotional disturbance is different than insanity. I’ll go into detail later today on how these differ.

Also, choosing this defense means that the defendant DID commit the act or that the prosecution has met their burden to show that defendant did commit the act. However, this defense is only available for murder charges — not weapons charges.

One good thing is that the burden of proof is lower for extreme emotional disturbance. Usually, the burden of proof in criminal cases is “beyond a reasonable doubt”, but this defense must only be proven by “a proponderance of the evidence.” I’ll go more into that later too! Send me your questions and I’ll get to them throughout the day!

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luigiquotes

Karen made a statement about today’s (failed) hearing… she seems annoyed, let’s hope tomorrow works out, because Joel wasted everyone’s time today!

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https://archive.is/20260608175119/https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15882809/luigi-mangione-sister-maria-hospital-job.html

Guys it's giving me a hard time?? Can someone screenshot it or something?

No worries!! The screenshots, please don’t mind how many there are.

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https://x.com/fairtrial4luigi/status/2063993746258006436

Looks like the conference has been rescheduled from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

I'm still waiting for the transcription of the June 3rd hearing :/

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in light of the new documentary being released, if people are going to watch it. This is a link where to do that without giving these people what they want, I understand being curious, and wanting to know what is said, so it best to not watch it where it is being shown.

The new documentary also included a new angle of the suspect getting out the hotel, I assume this took place before the shooting.

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STATE CASE UPDATE: Today after Luigi’s sealed virtual hearing, judge Carro addressed awaiting members of the press, and said that “the case will be adjourned until June 16th. It's a physical appearance and you're all invited.”

Luigi’s next appearance in the New York State case will be in-person on June 16, 2026

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lmexposed

Will we hear anything at all about today’s hearing?

probably not yet, since it’s sealed

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luigiquotes

STATE CASE UPDATE: an e-mail has been sent out about to journalists about tomorrow’s hearing. It will be sealed and seemly also closed to the public.

Can someone explain what this means? They dont want to tell journalists what the hearing is about?

It could be due to the recent controversy around certain individuals obtaining press passes to be honest, during tomorrow’s hearing they could potentially talk about the 250.10 issue that Joel brought up that needed to be resolved before June 1st. Nonetheless, The hearing is sealed by the request of the defense…

The 250.10 issue that was brought up, states that if a criminal defendant intends to use a mental disease as part of their defense then a written notice must be provided to the prosecution before the trial.

As the prosecution, once a written notice has been served. the district attorney can request a court order in which the defendant is required to submit a psychiatric or psychological examination

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mochibambigi

A new dateline episode this Friday will speak to new details of Luigi’s case and include interviews with people he met in Thailand and Hawaii… why can’t people just STFU? Why the need to give interviews? SMH

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Insiders Speak Out About the Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Including Detectives & Friends of Thompson & Mangione Lester Ho

June 2, 2026 – Friday’s all-new Dateline at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT will go inside the Luigi Mangione investigation, revealing exclusive new details and insight in the case that continues to captivate the world. For the first time, two NYPD Major Case Squad detectives who worked on the case take Dateline through the lead-up to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the urgent manhunt that followed.

Retired Detective Sergeant John Griffin tells Dateline “No. In 25 years, I don’t think I’ve ever actually encountered a silencer before that.”

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what the actual fuck? two detectives from the case talking about it in a tv special?

also the way they sectionalized everything, a detective has never seen a silencer? 😒

and the grifters that “knew” Luigi couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk either

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I think this is the lip reading video the anon was talking about:

https://files.catbox.moe/ms8nzo.mov

Thank you for sharing anon! THAT is what he was saying here, I remember seeing this particular part of the hearing and thinking that he looked so expressive & wondering what he was saying…