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Jared Lee Loughner and 6 other mass shooters: How the cases were resolved
Jared Lee Loughner was found competent Tuesday to stand trial and pled guilty to 19 counts, including murder, for the January 2011 shooting in Tucson in which six people were killed and 13 wounded – including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona. In mass shootings like this where the perpetrator was not killed during the rampage, here’s how the cases have been resolved.
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Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner: 5 of his strange ideas
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Arizona shooting: Seven times politics turned to threats or violence last year
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Lawyers who defend terror suspects have thankless task. Why do they do it?
The defense team for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev includes several lawyers experienced in terrorism cases. It takes a certain kind of lawyer, it seems, to represent accused terrorists.
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Boston bomber defense: Suspect's defense team gets major boost with Clarke
Judy Clarke's clients have included the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, who killed three people and injured 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between 1978 and 1995; Susan Smith, a woman who famously drowned her two children; Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph; and most recently Jared Loughner, who shot former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head.
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Holmes death penalty: Decision doesn't rule out plea deal later
Holmes death penalty decision was not a surprise. 'For James Eagan Holmes, justice is death,' the district attorney said. But there are many reasons there could be a plea deal later.
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Not guilty plea for James Holmes – but insanity option still on table
At the arraignment Tuesday for James Holmes, the Colorado shooting suspect, his lawyers said he was not yet ready to enter a plea. The judge entered the not-guilty plea on the suspect's behalf.
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Judge delays arraignment for accused Colo. shooter James Holmes
Holmes, who is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder, won't have to enter a plea until March 12 after the judge granted a defense motion to delay that proceeding.
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Gabrielle Giffords enters gun-control fray against the NRA (+video)
Gabrielle Giffords and husband launched a new political action committee to "balance the influence of the gun lobby." It was the second anniversary of the Tucson, Ariz, shooting that killed six people and left Gabrielle Giffords critically injured.
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Sandy Hook shooting's glare illumines cracks in mental health care (+video)
Though the mental health of Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza is unclear, the massacre has spawned extensive discussion on the mental health care system. That could be helpful or harmful.
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Arizona: Giffords' shooter sentenced to life (+video)
Jared Loughner, the man who killed six and wounded 13 in an Arizona shooting spree, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday. Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords attended the hearing, but did not speak.
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Giffords faces Ariz. shooter in court, Loughner receives life sentence (+video)
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords stood in federal court to face Arizona shooter Jared Loughner on Thursday moments before he was sentenced to life in prison. Loughner received seven consecutive life terms plus 140 years in prison, without the possibility of parole.
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Colorado shooting prosecutors would face uphill battle with insanity plea
A court hearing Thursday will examine his relationship with a University of Colorado psychiatrist to whom he mailed a package containing a notebook that reportedly contains violent descriptions of an attack.
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Former Rep. Giffords to continue rehab at Arizona home
Returning home for good: After a year and a half of therapy in Houston, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a mass shooting, is back home in Arizona.
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Opinion: Shootings in Sikh temple and Arizona: Which crime is worse?
Which is worse? The Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin by Wade Michael Page, or the shopping mall shooting in Arizona by Jared Lee Loughner? They both killed the same number of people. Yet one would be classified as a hate crime, with tougher penalties. Why distinguish?
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Jared Lee Loughner and 6 other mass shooters: How the cases were resolved
Jared Lee Loughner was found competent Tuesday to stand trial and pled guilty to 19 counts, including murder, for the January 2011 shooting in Tucson in which six people were killed and 13 wounded – including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona. In mass shootings like this where the perpetrator was not killed during the rampage, here’s how the cases have been resolved.
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Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty in Tucson shootings
Loughner was declared unfit to stand trial after the 2011 Arizona rampage that killed six people and wounded 13, including Gabrielle Giffords. A reported plea bargain could mean a life sentence.
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Suspected Aurora, Colo. shooter James Holmes gets 24 murder charges (+video)
After the charges were read, prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over whether a notebook that news reports said Holmes sent to his psychiatrist and had descriptions of the attack was privileged information.
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Gabrielle Giffords casts her last vote in Congress today
Gabrielle Giffords was in the spotlight at the State of the Union address Tuesday. Today, she casts her last vote for a bill about drug smuggling.
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: what she has stood for in Congress (+video)
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, injured last year in a mass shooting, is scheduled to appear at the State of the Union address Tuesday night. On Sunday, she announced that she would resign from Congress.
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Gabrielle Giffords to attend State of Union before stepping down (+video)
Gabrielle Giffords will attend President Obama's State of the Union Tuesday before resigning from Congress. Gabrielle Giffords vows to return to work for Arizona after her recovery.
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Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced Sunday she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago.
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Rep. Giffords leads Tucson shooting remembrance
The remembrance at the University of Arizona culminated a day of events, some filled with sadness and regret, others with hope and joy.
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Gabrielle Giffords: amid somber tributes, questions about reelection grow
Gabrielle Giffords will be on hand Sunday in Tucson, Ariz., to honor the victims of last year's mass shooting. But the day is also a reminder that Gabrielle Giffords will soon have to decide if she is able, and willing, to run for reelection.
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Gabrielle Giffords returns to Capitol Hill, but political future still uncertain
Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, cast her vote Monday night on the debt deal in the House chamber. However, with recovery still ongoing, Gabrielle Giffords' future in politics is unclear.
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Gabrielle Giffords appears for debt deal vote (VIDEO)
Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in January, surprised many when she appeared for the historic House vote on the debt deal, Monday.
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Gabrielle Giffords photos inspire friends and strangers alike
New photos of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the Tucson attack in January, bring relief at evident progress. She still struggles to communicate, but friends say “she looks beautiful.”
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Jared Loughner erupts in court before judge declares him unfit to stand trial
A federal judge declared Jared Loughner not competent after reviewing 95 pages of reports and 18 hours of interviews. Loughner is accused of shooting 19 people in a January shooting spree.
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