Dickey, who has been practicing criminal law for more than 40 years, urged the public to presume Mangione is « innocent. »
Pennsylvania attorney Thomas Dickey has been hired to lead the defense of Luigi Mangione, who was arrested and charged on Monday in last week’s killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Dickey appeared alongside Mangione on Tuesday during an extradition hearing at Pennsylvania’s Blair County Courthouse, where the defendant was ordered to be held without bail pending his potential extradition to face murder charges in New York.
While speaking to reporters outside the courthouse, Dickey said that he would be filing a writ of habeas corpus to challenge the legality of his client’s detention and indicated that he was « glad » for the « outpouring of support » that Mangione was receiving from some online.
