The judge investigating the shooting case against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, which killed six people, has decided on Wednesday that the defendant, Jared Lee Loughna, is mentally incompetent to stand trial, which paralyzes the legal procedures until September 21 when a hearing will decide whether the defendant understood the 49 charges made against him and if you are able to actively participate in his defense.
Until then, Loughna stay in a psychiatric prison facility the federal government. "At this point, Mr. Loughna not understand the case against him," said the judge in open court Larry Burns. He did not need to repeat it, since moments before had become clear the defendant's emotional state.
Loughna, 22, had to be escorted out of the courtroom by her screams court against the judge. "Thanks for the pantomime," he shouted. "He died before me. This is a betrayal." Weeks and months before the shooting, showed signs Loughna, online and in the school where he was studying, of severe mental instability.
Two psychiatrists who examined Loughna in custody in Missouri testified before the judge who suspect they have schizophrenia. Judge Burns found that Lougher sent him two letters from prison in which he complained heavily of the lawyers who had been assigned. The judge said the reasons that the prisoner was actually offered a sign of mental instability.
Loughna was arrested on January 8, after being subdued moments after opening fire on a rally of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson. He is accused of having fired at the head of the legislator and to have opened fire indiscriminately into the crowd later. Because of their shooting deaths of six people, including U.S.
District Judge John Roll and a girl of nine years. Another 13 were seriously injured. Giffords survived after several days in a coma and is recovering at a Houston hospital. 
Until then, Loughna stay in a psychiatric prison facility the federal government. "At this point, Mr. Loughna not understand the case against him," said the judge in open court Larry Burns. He did not need to repeat it, since moments before had become clear the defendant's emotional state.
Loughna, 22, had to be escorted out of the courtroom by her screams court against the judge. "Thanks for the pantomime," he shouted. "He died before me. This is a betrayal." Weeks and months before the shooting, showed signs Loughna, online and in the school where he was studying, of severe mental instability.
Two psychiatrists who examined Loughna in custody in Missouri testified before the judge who suspect they have schizophrenia. Judge Burns found that Lougher sent him two letters from prison in which he complained heavily of the lawyers who had been assigned. The judge said the reasons that the prisoner was actually offered a sign of mental instability.
Loughna was arrested on January 8, after being subdued moments after opening fire on a rally of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson. He is accused of having fired at the head of the legislator and to have opened fire indiscriminately into the crowd later. Because of their shooting deaths of six people, including U.S.
District Judge John Roll and a girl of nine years. Another 13 were seriously injured. Giffords survived after several days in a coma and is recovering at a Houston hospital.
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