In a statement to Judge Carro, Luigi Mangione's defense team asked that his shackles and bulletproof vest be removed for his next court appearance on June 26.

Forcing the 27-year-old accused killer to continue appearing with his hands cuffed and sporting the Kevlar vest will “perpetuate a false narrative that Mr. Mangione is an unusual danger requiring extraordinary security measures” and “prejudice” him in the eyes of the jury, his lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo wrote in a legal filing.

Lawyers for alleged assassin Luigi Mangione have claimed the “model prisoner” has earned the right not to wear handcuffs or a bulletproof vest in court. Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione’s lawyer, made a legal filing to Judge Gregory Carro on Tuesday to request that her client be allowed to wear “court-appropriate clothing” when he returns to the Manhattan courthouse on June 26.