Luigi Mangione may get a laptop in jail to work on his defence in murder case

Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, appears in court for a hearing in New York (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP)

A US judge has cleared the way for Luigi Mangione to get a laptop behind bars — if his jailers agree — so he can examine documents and other material in the UnitedHealthcare chief executive murder case.

New York state Judge Gregory Carro wrote that he had “no objection” to Mangione’s request for the device, which would be configured to allow him only to review case materials.