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Updated · NPR · Jun 15Luigi Mangione Faces Key Pretrial Hearing as Defense Fund Tops $1.5 Million
3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jun 15Summary
- A key pretrial hearing for Luigi Mangione is set in New York City this week as his legal team returns to court ahead of trial.
- Mangione is accused of stalking and killing an insurance CEO, the charges driving the case toward trial.
- More than $1.5 million has been donated to his defense, underscoring growing support for the accused "vigilante."
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Why are donors funding the defense of a man accused of murdering a healthcare CEO? What does evidence reveal about the months of alleged stalking that led to a CEO's murder? With federal charges dropped, can the state's murder case against the accused 'vigilante' succeed?