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| Subject: Pest controller Loughner to plead guilty Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:58 am | |
| Jared Lee Loughner is set to plead guilty Tuesday in the shooting attack that severely wounded then Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to knowledgeable sources, as mental health officials believe he is now competent to understand the charges against him in the assault, which killed six people and injured 13 at a gathering with the congresswoman's constituents in Tucson.
At the hearing Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court in Tucson, psychiatric experts who have examined Loughner, 23, are scheduled to testify that they have concluded that despite wide swings in his mental capacity, at this time he comprehends what happened and acknowledges the gravity of the charges, according to two sources who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case was still unfolding.
The terms of the plea arrangement remained unclear Saturday on whether Loughner would admit guilt to all or some of the charges in return for a lengthy prison sentence rather than risk a potential death penalty verdict at trial.
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Sources-Loughner-to-plead-guilty-3763261.php |
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