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Luigi Mangione’s Lawyer Claims Police in Pennsylvania Coerced a DNA Sample With Snacks

‘[The samples] were poisonous fruits obtained in violation of the protections afforded the Defendant by the constitutions of both the United States and this Commonwealth,’ Attorney Thomas Dickey says in new court filing.

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP
Luigi Mangione's booking photo, released December 9, 2024, by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

The lawyer for accused murderer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, claims that cops who arrested him in Pennsylvania coaxed a DNA sample out of him by offering him a snack.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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