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| Jared L. Loughner |
A
status conference in the federal case had already been scheduled for Tuesday in
Tucson.
The
person, speaking Saturday about upcoming events in the case, said the plan is
for Loughner to enter a guilty plea in the murders and attempted murders. The
plan is contingent on the judge in the case allowing Loughner to enter the
plea.
The
Los Angeles Times reported earlier Saturday that Loughner was set to change his
plea.
Bill
Solomon, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, said he could not comment
on Loughner's case and the possibility of a guilty plea.
The
Pima County attorney's office, which has said it could also pursue state
prosecution of Loughner, declined to comment, said spokeswoman Isabel Burruel
Smutzer.
Loughner
had pleaded not guilty to 49 federal charges stemming from the Jan. 8, 2011,
shooting outside a Tucson supermarket where Giffords was holding a
meet-and-greet with constituents.
U.S.
District Judge Larry Burns ruled previously that Loughner isn't psychologically
fit to stand trial, but that he could eventually be made ready for trial after
treatment.
His
psychologist has said that since Loughner has been forcibly medicated, his
condition has improved. He sat still and expressionless for seven hours at a
hearing in September 2011.
Loughner
has demonstrated bizarre behavior since his arrest.
This
is a blow to our already corrupt and unequal justice system in America. How can
someone that commit such act of violence as this and get a lift sentence, after
he took the lives of many and wounded many?
I
often ask is justice served fairly in this country or is it the color of your
skin that changes how you are justified in the Law of the Courts. If this was
the opposite of color this would not have happen, the insanity plea would be
out the window and the prosecutors and jury would crying the death penalty. Justice
is not fair anymore.
