Posted on 05/25/2011 9:12:45 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa
Edited on 05/25/2011 6:54:09 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
CBS/AP)
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is mentally incompetent to stand trial, putting the criminal case against him on hold indefinitely.
At least one of the doctors testifying to his competency described Jared Lee Loughner as a paranoid schizophrenic, a courtroom source told CBS News.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns means Loughner, 21, will be sent to a federal facility for up to four months in a bid to restore his competency.
Loughner, dressed in a khaki prison suit and sporting bushy, reddish sideburns, was removed from the hearing after an outburst and had to watch part of the proceeding on a TV screen in another room. Burns had Loughner escorted from the courtroom after Loughner lowered his head and said what sounded like: "Thank you for the freak show. She died in front of me." His head was inches from the table in front of him.
Loughner was later brought back into the courtroom, and the judged told him he had a right to watch the hearing. Burns asked Loughner if he wanted to stay in the courtroom and behave or view the proceeding on a screen in another room.
Loughner responded: "I want to watch the TV screen."
At least two survivors of the Jan. 8 attack looked on: Giffords aide Pam Simon, who was shot in the chest and right wrist; and retired Army Col. Bill Badger, who is credited with helping subdue Loughner after a bullet grazed the back of Badger's head.
Excerpt....CBS News
He was competent enough to pull the trigger....Fry him.
The judge is the one who is incompetent.
How about Dupnik? Will he be found incompetent as well?
Well if he’s crazy - he won’t even know we’re frying him. Tell him it’s a carnival ride and strap him down.
Liberalism is incompetence.
Liberalism is a disease that liberals use as excuse for their demented behavior.
While they would have liberalism enhance their resume, they are quick to use it as a get-out-of-jail free card or a government meal ticket should any need arise.
HF
That’ll never happen. The dems need him to keep churning out poster children.
That is SO bogus!
"Oh no we won't." *BLAM*
Wow...that’s brutal.
I like it
“That is SO bogus!”
Hey! Leave me out of it!
So Sarah Palin is off the hook? /s
He and John Hinckley, Jr. can have lunch together on their supervised visits.
Crazy and guilty.
The feel good lefties want it both ways, they want to say that all these mentally ill people shouldn't be in institutions, that they pose no danger to society... BUT THEN when they DO something... they are not held accountable!
Charles Bronson was the original Bada** of those type of films. Great role for him.
I find Obama incompetent.
Can they put him somewhere safe, too?
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