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Jared Loughner found mentally unfit for trial
CBS News ^ | 5/25/11 | Staff

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]

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To: Keith in Iowa

Paraphrasing of the news story I heard was that he is going to have medicine forced down on him, wait until he is compitant, then put him on trial.

The prosecutors have not given up folks, they are still going forward.

this is not the end


41 posted on 05/25/2011 10:53:18 AM PDT by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

NOOOOO!!! He was such a nice, normal-looking boy.


42 posted on 05/25/2011 11:02:00 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: dfwgator

Being found incompetent to stand trial doesn’t mean he walks free. John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity and has remained more or less institutionalized since.


43 posted on 05/25/2011 11:09:47 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (13% better than placebo? Really? You call that an effective treatment?)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

He isn’t walking the streets unsupervised. This will keep him locked up until considered sane enough to face trial.


44 posted on 05/25/2011 11:12:38 AM PDT by discostu (Come on Punky, get Funky)
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To: Steely Tom

Yeah, but CBS News is on TV, and “attorney’s” *sounds* the same as “attorneys,” so who cares? /s//

BTW, “as to whether” and the semi-colon that precedes the phrase are also wrong.


45 posted on 05/25/2011 11:20:03 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: Keith in Iowa

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Next case!


46 posted on 05/25/2011 11:27:03 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Are you ready for 4 more years because Republicans will see to it.)
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To: Steely Tom

Well, the hotshots also should capitalize “Federal” if it’s the actual prison name:
“... the Bureau of Prisons’ Medical Center for federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo.”

I was going to suggest it was written by an intern since there’s no byline, but no, my money’s on the Ivy grad! LOL. At least they didn’t spell it “attornies”.


47 posted on 05/25/2011 11:43:34 AM PDT by GnuHere
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To: Keith in Iowa

No surprise at all. The dude is clearly a paranoid (or mixed type) schizophrenic based on age, gender, and reports of increasingly bizarre behavior over the previous months that is typical of developing schizophrenics.

The real tragedy is that this guy was allowed to just walk about becoming more and more delusional until he finally exploded, because schizophrenia is both common (1% incidence in population older than 18 worldwide) and treatable.


48 posted on 05/25/2011 11:46:37 AM PDT by catnipman
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To: Keith in Iowa

He was pretty easy to armchair diagnose. Paranoid schizophrenia. I am not surprised. He will still be put away for the rest of his life in some form of institution. He is obviously a severe danger to society.

I’d like to see his parents get hit with some kind of “public endangerment” charges because there is no way they didn’t know that their son had broken from reality. They can’t force him into treatment as an adult but they could have done SOME signaling to authorities that he was a risk.


49 posted on 05/25/2011 11:50:28 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Keith in Iowa

well of course he isn’t responsible, the MSm told us Palin was and the GOP didn’t exactly argue about it did they?

//extreme sarcasm


50 posted on 05/25/2011 12:28:54 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: mad_as_he$$
“...nuttier than a rat turd in a pistachio factory.”

I had not heard that one before. I like it. May I begin using it?

I'd be willing to trade you “crazier than a rat in a tin sh1t-house in hail storm” for it.

51 posted on 05/25/2011 12:34:23 PM PDT by WayneS ("I hope you know this will go down on your PERMANENT record...")
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To: Keith in Iowa

Some stooge just told the court that Loughner is a loony and does not understand anything that is being talked about in the courtroom. However, he does understand what Rush, Hannity and Palin are talking about. The ‘RATS now have their Hero of 2012. He gave them their Miracle In Tucson and now he won’t have to pay for it. How nice. The ‘RATS must be tickled to death. Their boy got off.


52 posted on 05/25/2011 12:35:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,..")
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To: BibChr

So THAT’S why he hasn’t been impeached yet. He’s not competent to stand trial — well, that and those three terrifying words: “president Joseph Biden”...


53 posted on 05/25/2011 12:36:31 PM PDT by WayneS ("I hope you know this will go down on your PERMANENT record...")
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To: WayneS

lol..use away. I stole it from a TV show.

Fair trade!


54 posted on 05/25/2011 12:43:44 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." A. C. Clarke)
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To: Outlaw Woman

I miss Bronson!


55 posted on 05/25/2011 12:47:07 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Keith in Iowa

sounds like Industrial Wood Chipper Therapy is in order.


56 posted on 05/25/2011 12:58:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Keith in Iowa

The gun shop guy apparently thot he was competent when he sold him the pistol. He filled out the federal 4473 form by himself-—had to. At a minimum he needs to be confronted with his own answers on the 4473. My bottom line is if he was able to pass himself off as “competent” to buy then we should be able to try/hang him the same way.


57 posted on 05/25/2011 12:59:00 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Keith in Iowa
Well HELL. That means he's NOT GUILTY! Which means we should release him and give him GUNS, LOTS OF GUNS!

...... and send him to the next Democrat Convention.

58 posted on 05/25/2011 1:28:45 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The Democrat Party is Communist. The Republican Party is Socialist. The Tea Party is Capitalist.)
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To: Lazamataz
Which means we should release him and give him GUNS, LOTS OF GUNS!

No, don't worry, that's illegal. We're safe.

59 posted on 05/25/2011 1:30:14 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: Keith in Iowa

He shot libs so let the libs deal with him as they see fit. It’s a Barabas moment for them. Maybe he’ll be “better” in a few years and will be released. I’m fine with it.

Besides, it fits in nicely with the current effort to relieve prison overcrowding.


60 posted on 05/25/2011 2:28:58 PM PDT by keat
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