Jared Loughner, accused of being responsible for the shooting of Tucson, Arizona, during which six people died and a Democratic representative was injured, pleaded not guilty Wednesday of the 49 charges brought against him. Jared Loughner pleaded himself at a hearing before a court in Tucson. In the U.S., plead not guilty is not to declare himself innocent.
It is a legal procedure that gives the accused greater flexibility in its defense. Jared Loughner was charged last Friday with a total of 49 charges. Previously, he was prosecuted for three charges, including attempted murder of the elected, for which he had pleaded not guilty in late January.
The hearing Wednesday focused particularly on the issue of criminal responsibility of the accused. According to its proponents, would suffer from a "serious mental impairment", a point that justice has not yet decided. The young man aged 22 was arrested at the scene of the shooting, which occurred at a meeting organized by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords voted Jan.
8 in a mall in Tucson. The shooting could bring him the death penalty. His trial will not happen for months. 
It is a legal procedure that gives the accused greater flexibility in its defense. Jared Loughner was charged last Friday with a total of 49 charges. Previously, he was prosecuted for three charges, including attempted murder of the elected, for which he had pleaded not guilty in late January.
The hearing Wednesday focused particularly on the issue of criminal responsibility of the accused. According to its proponents, would suffer from a "serious mental impairment", a point that justice has not yet decided. The young man aged 22 was arrested at the scene of the shooting, which occurred at a meeting organized by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords voted Jan.
8 in a mall in Tucson. The shooting could bring him the death penalty. His trial will not happen for months.
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