Tucson Shooter Loughner Slapped With 49 New Charges
- Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:25pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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PHOENIX (AP) — The suspect in the Tucson shootings that critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was charged on new counts that include the murders of a federal judge and a congressional aide, according to an indictment released Friday.
A federal grand jury returned the 49-count indictment Thursday, charging Jared Lee Loughner in the deaths stemming from a Jan. 8 shooting at a political event held by Giffords outside a grocery store.
The latest indictment charged the 22-year-old Tucson man with murder in the deaths of U.S. District Judge John Roll and Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman. Loughner also faces new charges of causing death to or injuring participants at a federally provided activity.
Loughner had pleaded not guilty to earlier federal charges of trying to assassinate Giffords and kill two of her aides.
His attorney, Judy Clarke, didn’t immediately return a call and e-mail left at her office Friday.
Federal prosecutors haven’t yet said whether they will seek the death penalty against Loughner. But legal experts believe it’s a virtual certainty.
In all, 13 people were wounded and another six people, including a 9-year-old girl, died in the attack.
Loughner also will likely face state charges in the attack, but will be tried first in federal court before any prosecution begins on state charges. Federal and county prosecutors said federal law requires state prosecutions to be suspended while a federal case is pending.
Loughner is scheduled for a court hearing Wednesday in Tucson.
A day after the shootings, prosecutors filed a complaint in court charging Loughner with trying to assassinate Giffords, attempting to kill two of her aides and killing Roll and Zimmerman. Those charges were later replaced by federal indictments that mirrored the same charges.
In many criminal cases, prosecutors will often file charges themselves without a grand jury indictment, but will later replace those charges with an indictment.
It was not known why the charges against Loughner weren’t contained in one indictment.
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Comments (83)
jdog777
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:59pmBy the time the Federal Court and the State Court are done with him… it will be 10 years down the road and millions out of the pockets of the tax payer. It would have been much better if at least someone was armed at Safeway and able to put this animal down.
Report Post »bkeely
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:58pmWe need to make his punishment quick and sure…
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Buck
Heirloom Seeds, “How God plants His garden.”
bloptop
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:02pmThe death penalty should be abolished; its a barbaric and immoral penalty. Retributive justice is morally inferior to restorative justice. Two wrongs don‘t make a right is an old expression but doesn’t lack wisdom. “An eye for an eye makes the world blind” – Mahatma Gandhi.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 9:31pmBloptop – Most respectfully, Gandhi was a very wise man, and a non-violent one. I respect that, and respect your viewpoint.
There are people who will commit murder at the drop of the hat over a can of soda. I can’t justify how we should pay for decades of food, housing and medical benefits for these people, who would not hesitate to do it again if the opportunity presented itself.
Who was it that said, “You play, you pay”?
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 6:11pmI wonder if he will get the needle ? Or will the left exploite him ? Lets waite and see
Report Post »Pyx
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:37pmNOTE WELL: This case relies on Pima County Sheriff Dupnik.
Arizona should charge Loughner with three or four SEPARATE charges for first degree murder that include the death penalty. That way if the prosecutor (or the police under Sheriff Dupnik due to incompetence) mess up on the first charge, Loughner will very likely be convicted on the second or third charge and still be put to death.
Report Post »TeaParty_InTheSky
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:01pmyou know i think this guy is gettin whats comin to him but how sad is it that no one is holding the parents accountable because while he was in high school and college they had meetings and sent letters to the parents saying your sons a nut job hes dangerous get him help but nooooo they ignored it and now there sons gonna be pushin up daisy. this could have all been avoided if personal responsibility kicked in but you cant go back and change things. god bless the victims and i pray for their families and recovery
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 3:58amSheriff Dupnick ………and Loughner’s parents……..should be held accountable for allowing that screwball scumbag to terrorize the community…………….dupnick failing to file charges, talking his victims from filing charges by claiming loughner’s mother works for Pima County. Dupnick and the parents had to speak to each other – on every incident – and conspired to fix any charges filed – or to obstruct charges being filed = criminal conspiracy for obstruction of justice. Pay-offs are usually involved in such matters.
Loughner was calling numerous people on the phone – making DEATH THREATS – for two solid weeks – prior to his killing spree – at Giffords’ – “Congress on the Corner” event.
Report Post »audaxrex
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 7:56amWhy should his parents be held accountable? They did speak to the press after the shooting to say they were heartbroken… by all accounts they are very private people. I suspect they are intensely ashamed about what has happened.
Report Post »… if every parent who has had a child come off the rails were ‘held accountable’ there would be no room in prison for anyone else. Mental illness – and this shooter definitely is a few bricks shy – strikes the children of even the best of parents. Lay off – they are not responsible for his actions. I thought the right was all about INDIVIDUAL and not COLLECTIVE responsibility
imareader
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:53pmOT/..and not wanting to disturb the thread…
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mill
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:50pmOh good grief…what is one more past a death penalty??? silliness and just headline gabbers
Kill him. But Nooooooooooooo he will be on DR for 25+ years appealing
Report Post »Pattondog
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:29pmthe needle would be toeasy for this scum, put him in the yard. done deal!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:16pmeveryone saw it happen. everyone saw him do it.
take him out back to the brick wall and save the county a LOT of money.
Report Post »HardcoreAlexJones
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:15pmBlaze mods are banning references to Alex Jones now…what’s the deal?
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:51pmSide Note…….. I understand that Gabrielle Giffords is doing extremely well.
Report Post »although she has had some down moments. after all, its to be expected
Surviving a gun shot is one thing. But being shot in the head and Surviving …. wow
scguitar
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:51pmCan anybody say death penalty?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:07pmDeath penalty.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:50pmSo how much is it gonna cost us to house this useless flesh?
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:47pmWe should send Loughner to Libya, if he can take out Gaddafi, a full pardon.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:45pmDon’t slap him with anymore indictments. Try slapping him up the side of the head with about 20,000 volts, or stick the ultimate needle in his arm. Don’t care about anyone that would take another life for no reason. Just take his and let him start telling God why he did it.
Report Post »kissmyazobama
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:39pmYea………fry the ba$tard………..they can use my microwave if they want.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 9:34pmNah, you don’t want to do that. The smell is unbearable and cleaning out the microwave is really hard. It took WEEKS to get the smell of desiccated pork chop out of our microwave and the discoloration never did quite come out.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:33pmWhy waste time and money on all this legal stuff, he’s on record shooting, killing and injuring many citizens. He should get the total amount of time they got before they were injured or killed and then he should be executed. Why should taxpayers have to continue to pay for this murderer?!!?
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:41pmInstead, California will make sure that the most stupid, inept, ridiculous, wasteful procedure will take place to preserve his rights.
Meanwhile, people’s family members decompose in the ground due to his handiwork.
They call it criminal justice because it’s justice for the criminal. The victim has to justice.
Harsh but true.
Report Post »RedeyeBlind
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:58pmEVERYONE gets their day in court even the worst, due process I hate to waste the money and time too but its the law and a good one.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:03pm@TSUNAMI-22
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:41pm
Now this is where “social justice” REALLY applies!
And I agree with you, Grandmaof5.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:12pmREDEYEBLIND, I agree with you whole heartedly if there is even a sliver of doubt, but this is cut and dry, a waste of time and money (except for the lawyers). To drag these families through their heartache again is criminal all over again. Our elderly uncle was shot in the head by a 15 and 16 yr old many years ago and left in a ditch, all for $10 cash. He tried to write them a check for more but to no avail. They then killed two more people after that and injured another. One woman they killed had retired the week before to spend more time with her husband. They got their trial and were found guilty. My mother-in-law never got over having to live it again, day after day. In this case he is guilty and the families should not have to relive it.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:14pm@ REDEYEBLIND
I agree, but I would rather his due process be conducted in a conservative part of Texas or somewhere equivalent.
@ SHOWTIME
Report Post »I agree, but that should have taken place immediately upon his disarming at the event in Tuscon…..preferably with a 2×4 to the skull.
sing it out
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:29pmLoughner carried out a cold, calculated attack which took many lives. He deserves the death penalty.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:49pmSing It Out,
Report Post »Yes he does.
Where are his parents? Why is it that NO ONE in the media has made a peep about them?
I’m not saying that bad parents are an excuse for mass murder but…, there were so many odd stories about his upbringing.
Why the silence?
HardcoreAlexJones
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:28pmThe Feds have to have their ducks in a row because the Sheriffs already had prior knowledge of Loughner’s intent….
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:39pmExactly .. they should charge him also … he was complicit
Report Post »HardcoreAlexJones
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:47pmThe Blaze has been on a campaign of blocking me posting any links to Alex Jones website, but I would direct you there to an extensive article showing how the Sheriff knew about Loughner prior to the shooting.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:28pmHonestly, if he makes it alive to stand trial I will be suprised.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:59pmMIDWEST BLONDE, thank you, too, for the site. I will take a look also (definitely a cat lady – 19 furry friends + 2 abandoned I feed each day). Afternoon, SNOW, we have had a beautiful day here in FL today. Glad you are warming up there. Give kitty a scratch for me!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:05pmBucky is a dog, but I’ll send him your scratch! :-))
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:06pmScuse me–you said SNOW, not SHOW.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:08pmGuess what? I’m a Cat Lady too, could you tell by my Tag?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:09pm@midwest blonde
I dont have a facebook account, so the link you provided could not let me see the cat folks you have posted about. Sorry about that.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:09pmWe can now! Welcome to the litter box!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:11pm@Midwest blonde
Sorry on the post, my goof, meant to say cat art, instead of cat folk; I shortly had a facebook account for one day of time, then decided the risks they were having with their security at the time were too great and I have had the account closed.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:12pmMaybe I should have said, “Welcome to our litter box.”
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:17pm@SissyKatz
Welcome. All cats are welcome.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:17pmSISSYKATZ, how many?
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 5:23pmDid have 2 dogs and 3 cats, Lost both dogs with age and disease, Raised 3 that had been abandoned at birth, I was not a cat person but when you feed every 2 hrs around the clock and all that it requires I became attached and could not let them go. So I became a Cat Lady. They are crazy cats, the vet. said it is because they were socialized by the dogs and me. lol They really are strange, But I wouldn’t take a milllion dollars for any one of them.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:27pmWOW!
it is amazing he is still alive.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:27pmWhen will Dipstick be charged as a co-conspirator ?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:42pmHe should be! I wonder if the feds are even looking into it? He is liberal, and that seems to get you a pass at present.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 7:34amI thought you were referring to $arah…
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:26pmJust 49?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:38pmlol .. Hi SHOW …
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:55pmPer earlier conversation – I just put my 2 cents in too! Eat some cake and icecream for me tonight.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:58pmHi, CatB. How’s Callie?
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:00pmWhat do you think the odds are he’ll only be convicted of a single conspiracy charge like Ahmed Ghailani was when he went on trial in a civilian court for his role in the 1998 truck bombing of the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:00pm@Grandmaof5 ~
Report Post »Thanks. The cake will be good (I didn’t make it).
It’s 46 degrees here. Ice cream?
grandmaof5
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:02pmSHOWTIME, (darn nails) ice cream is good anytime, any weather! Yummy……
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:04pmGRANDMAOF5 -
Report Post »You’re right. it will be warm in the buildiong, and it’s butter pecan.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:19pm@Grandmaof5, I see you still have nail problems when typing; from a different prospective I can see the problem, with one arm still in a sling for the foreseeable future (slipped in the kitchen), it makes it a challenge for me as well.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:25pmGrandmaof5, hi, hotter than anything right now, our buildings chiller system is being repaired after the turn on resulted in a spetacular ‘basement into olympic pool’ flooding. Nice way to really liven things up around the place. Glad things have warmed up in Fl for you, and keep the kitties scratched and laughing when the squirrels come by to entertain them on the other side of the window.
Report Post »Mirimichi
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:15pmHow many counts were leveled at Sarah?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:26pmAM i first???
Report Post »HardcoreAlexJones
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:31pmNope, you’re the last.
The first shall be the last and the last shall be the first.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 3:33pmYou’re first! Congrats!
Report Post »SnapTie
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 4:05pmI know all Americans have rights.The overwhelming evidence show put this guy on the fast tract for a date with a needle.Reports have been putting the costs of the trail and appeals at somewhere around $10 million. Then we have to have the state circus,at what cost? Only get to kill him once.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 7:20pmHow hard of a decision is it to seek the death penalty for this scum? When state charges are filed I’m sure this will be decided immediately. Political correctness even in the federal judiciary. What has become of this once great country? Progressives have ruined our way of life.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:17pmThe firing squad is too good for him, hang him high.
Well, anyway, the first shall be last.
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 1:31amI don;t think he cares
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 8:34amOh, it’s all so . . .
http://www.readersupportednews.org/video/4-video/4592-gabrielle-giffords-prophetic-remarks-on-palins-crosshairs
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 6:06pmI don’t get why they make this process so complicated. Who care if he’s charged with 49 NEW charges. He killed six people. Caught in the act. Guilty as charged. Firing squad out back. Simple. Done. Who care if he’s tried guilty of six murder, assassination attempt, injuring people at a federal paid activity… etc. Fry his ass.
Report Post »NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 9:10pmThe worst part is no mention will be made of the WMD charge, so the congr.. artist will pass more gun restrictions.
Only charges I want to hear about are for the doctor(s) who prescribed the psychotic he was coming off of. Which is said to be the worst time for such drugs.
@Snaptie If they didn’t have the dog and pony show, obammy‘s harvard bar asso cohorts couldn’t billck the state for millions,
There are 2 kinds of people, the makers and the TAKERS. Just like in Atlas Shrugged the takers have taken control of the system and ad NO VALUE to it.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 5, 2011 at 9:24pmI suspect that the additional charges are there so even if one gets shot down on an appeal, he’s still got 48 others with equal weight. Even if the jury tosses out 5, 10 or 20 of them, there’s enough left in the basket to finish the job.
Our small corner of the woods just had a murderer extradited from either Pennsylvania or Virginia for the cold blooded murder of a husband and wife, caught on the security camera. The murderer fought with all his might to be tried in the other state because our state has the death penalty and he didn’t want to end up with that. Oddly enough, his victims weren’t given that choice now, were they? Unfortunately for him, even though he pled guilty in the other state for another murder and got life imprisonment, it’s almost a foregone conclusion he and his girlfriend will be handed a death sentence. Somehow I don’t think the other state is going to fight too hard to have to molly-coddle him for the rest of his earthly life, do you? From what I understand, it was done this way so there would be NO chance of his EVER overturning either sentence or shortening his jail time, but with the real possibility that he could have an abbreviate life. Some are already whining that death by lethal injection is painful, but somehow I don‘t buy that as watching one’s spouse take a fatal .45 round knowing you are next would be far more painful. And that’s not even counting the pain and suffering of the other victim in the other state.
Criminal justice may be focused on the criminal, but there is point where JUSTICE needs to be served.
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