Jared Lee Loughner, 22, the young man accused of opening fire on Saturday on twenty people at a public meeting in Tucson, Arizona, leaving six dead and fourteen injured, including elected Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, appeared Monday, January 10 for the first time in court in Phoenix. At the hearing a little less than a quarter of an hour, the accused, shaved head, handcuffed and shackled, responded calmly to regulatory issues with representatives of the federal prosecution, which served her with five counts indictment, including the attempted assassination against Representative Gabrielle Giffords.Loughner could face the death penalty if convicted of the murder of federal employees, because a judge, John Roll, and a young collaborator Giffords, Gabe Zimmerman, were among six people killed. The lawyer Judy Clarke was responsible for his defense. She defended Ted Kaczynski, better known by the name of "Unabomber", who sent parcel bombs, sometimes fatal, for nearly twenty years before his arrest in 1996.
Judge Lawrence Anderson decided that the suspect would remain in custody until further notice because of the danger it poses to the community. It set the January 24 pretrial hearing. Investigators found the gunman in a document showing they believe he had planned to kill the elected Democrat.
The killings shocked the United States and opened a debate on the violence of political debate, especially before elections in November. In the morning, Wall Street to the White House, Americans have gathered for one minute in tribute to the six people killed, including a girl of 9 years, Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was badly wounded, and thirteen others injured during the shooting.
Obama will visit Tucson on Wednesday to attend a ceremony commemorating the victims, announced his entourage. Earlier in the day, Barack Obama has reaffirmed that the United States and himself were still under the "shock" and felt a lot of "grief". Michael Lemole, a neurosurgeon at University Hospital (UMC) in Tucson, reiterated his "optimism" about the recovery of Ms.
Giffords, who continues to respond to simple commands. "No change in health status at this stage is a good thing. And we do not change," he said. Every day that passes without getting worse makes us a little more optimistic. " The Governor of Arizona, Republican Jan Brewer, for his part reported the speech she was to deliver, considering that the time for contemplation.
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