May 23, 2012
Competency Hearing Requested for Jared Loughner
Attorneys asked a U.S. judge to order a competency hearing for Jared Loughner, accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others including former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in a Tucson shooting rampage last year. Prosecutors and defense attorneys, in a joint filing, asked U.S. District Judge Larry Burns to set the status briefing for June 27, nearly three weeks after Loughner's confinement at a federal prison hospital in Missouri is set to expire on June 7. They also requested Loughner, who would not be present at the hearing, remain in custody in the meantime. Read more...
