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Arizona Shooter To Get Unabomber's Lawyer
Looks like Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter in this weekend's horror in Tucson, has got himself a lawyer: The Federal Public Defender's Office has recommended Judy Clarke to work the case. Clarke, no stranger to such high-profile defense work, previously helped defend Timothy Mcveigh, the Unabomber, 9/11 conspira...

Redstate: Outspoken Sheriff Accused Of Dismissing Loughner Death Threats
Jared Loughner has been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local Bloggers. When Pima County Sheriff's Office was informed, his deputies assured the Victims that he was being well managed by the Mental Health system. It was also suggested that further pressing of charges would be unnecessary and probably cause more problems than it solved as Jared Loughner has a family member that works for Pima County. Th...

End Game
The Tucson Murders: "Disturbed 22-year-old loner Jared Lee Loughner was held without bail Monday after being charged with murder and (Read more...) ...

Alleged Arizona gunman appears in court
The alleged gunman behind a shooting that killed six and wounded 14 others in Tucson, Arizona appeared in court Monday, head shaven and saying little, an AFP reporter said. Jared Loughner, who was overpowered by heroic bystanders after allegedly trying to assassinate a US lawmaker on Saturday, said little beyond answering "yes" to questions from the judge in the state capital Phoenix. The Federal Judge agreed to the assignment of Judy Clarke, who represented the Unabomber and 9/11 conspirator ...

'Unabomber' Lawyer Will Represent Alleged Giffords Shooter Jared Lee Loughner
Judy Clarke, who represented "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and assisted in the case of confessed Al-Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui, has been appointed to represent Jared Lee Loughner, the man charged by federal authorities with two murders as well as the attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and two others. Citing a federal judicial source, CNN reported that Clarke will represent Loughner at his hearing, which will take place Monday at 2 p.m. in front of U.S. Magistrate Jud...

Federal Defender Judy Clarke to Represent Jared Loughner
Jared Loughner just caught the biggest break of his life. CNN reports the Federal Court says former Spokane federal defender (also National Capital Resource Counsel and Federal Community Defender in San Diego), Judy Clarke has been appointed to represent him. Via CNN: Veteran federal public defender Judy Clarke, who has experience in several high-profile cases including those of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and convicted Terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, was appointed to defend suspect Jared Lee Loug...

Social outcast recognized by many for months
A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a Federal Court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed others in a Tucson shooting rampage. Public defenders are asking that the attorney who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh and “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski defend Jared Loughner, who makes his first court appearance Monday afternoon. The hearing in Phoenix comes just a few hours af...

Arizona Rampage Suspect Ordered Held Without Bail
What is this? Jared Loughner has made his first court appearance and has been ordered held without bail as the federal case against him in the killings of six people and wounding of 14 others in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday gets underway. During a short appearance before federal Magistrate Judge Lawrence Anderson in Phoenix this hour, the 22-year-old Tucson man appeared to "understand everything the judge was telling him," CNN's Ted Rollins just reported. — Attempted Assassination of a membe...

Tucson Suspect Jared Loughner Due in Ariz. Court
Like this Story? Share it: This March 2010 photo shows a man identified as Jared L. Loughner at the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz. (AP/Arizona Daily Star, Mamta Popat) As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains in a Tucson Hospital after being shot in the head, investigators find evidence at the main suspect Jared Lee Loughner's house. Ben Tracy reports on the attempted Assassination. Bob Schieffer spoke with Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nancy Cordes, Jan Crawfo...

Unabomber lawyer to represent Loughner
Jared Loughner, the gunman who shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others near Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, will be joined in court on Monday by Judy Clarke, the lawyer who represented the “Unabomber.” The renowned Defense Lawyer, Judy Clarke, also has represented the 1996 bomber of the Atlanta Olympics and Susan Smith, the mother from South Carolina who in 1994 drove her car into a lake, killing her two Children. The Arizona Republic reports that the Federal Public Defender’s Of...

Arizona shooting suspect due in court
PHOENIX, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The suspect in a shooting rampage at a weekend Arizona political event is to be represented by a high-profile federal public defender, a federal official said. Judy Clarke is to appear with Jared Lee Loughner in a Phoenix courtroom Monday and ask to be appointed as his attorney, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix reported. Loughner is accused of opening fire outside of a Tucson Supermarket where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was conducting a meet-and-greet with c...

Jared Loghner: A Homegrown Terrorist?
The suspect behind a deadly shooting in Tuscon, Ariz., that killed six people and injured 19 others including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was represented in court, Monday, by prominent attorney Judy Clarke. Clarke specializes in federal death penalty cases, and is the same lawyer who defended "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy Mcveigh, and Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph. The Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are looking into 22-year-old Jared Loughner's motives. ...

Cops: Rampage suspect still silent
PHOENIX (AP) — A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a Federal Court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a Tucson shooting rampage that left six people dead. Public defenders are asking that the attorney who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski defend Jared Loughner, who makes his first court appearance Monday at 2 p.m. MST (4 p.m. EST). Sheriff Clare...

May seek Unabomber lawyer...
PHOENIX (AP) - A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a Federal Court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed others in a Tucson shooting rampage. Public defenders are asking that the attorney who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski defend Jared Loughner, who makes his first court appearance Monday afternoon. The hearing in Phoenix comes just a few hours...

Ariz. Shooting Suspect to Appear in Court
The man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 19 others faces court Monday and the chance of the federal death penalty because federal workers like Judge John Roll were among his Victims. Rather than a politically-motivated vigilante, 22-year-old Jared Loughner seems to fit the profile of the crazed, obsessed lone gunman -- and in his case, an isolated, deluded, lonely gunman. "He was probably ostracized to a significant extent by other people and that means he's not going ...

Q Of The Day: Should I Be Able To Buy A Gun?
It's no secret at all than I'm bipolar. I've talked very plainly about having a Mental Illness -- I came out about it here. There's talk that the Arizona shooter might have been mentally ill. Prima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was quoted about the alleged killer this way: "There's reason to believe that this individual may have a mental issue," Dupnik told reporters today. "I'm not a Psychiatrist so I have no reason to believe the person was insane. Was he unstable? I would agree with that...

Moment of silence, 11 a.m. 800+ join Boehner conference call Chaffetz, Shuler to pack heat back home -- Ezra Klein: Don't over
Good Monday morning. THE NARRATIVE – WashPost A9, “Analysis: In caustic political atmosphere, a moment of pause,” by Dan Balz: “Republican House leaders … have announced that they will postpone Wednesday's scheduled vote to Repeal President Obama's health-care law … But the debates over Health Care and other issues that divide Republicans and Democrats will resume, as they must. … Politicians in both parties have said this is not a time for one side t...

The latest from Arizona
THE LATEST FROM Arizona.... We don't know why Jared Lee Loughner, the accused gunman in Saturday's massacre, chose to do what he did, and the fate of his Victims who survived the violence is also unclear. But as the legal and investigatory process unfolds, a picture is coming into focus. Prosecutors charged Jared L. Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old College Dropout, with five federal counts on Sunday, including the attempted Assassination of a member of Congress, in connection with a shooting r...

Arizona Shooting Suspect Jared Lee Loughner Not Cooperating, Sheriff Says
Phoenix — An Arizona sheriff says a 22-year-old man accused of killing six people and trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson is not cooperating with investigators. Pima (PEE'-muh) County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik told ABC's "Good Morning America" Monday that Jared Loughner (LAWF'-nuhr) had said "not a word." He's scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday afternoon. Dupnik said investigators were all but certain Loughner acted alone, saying "he's a typical trouble...

AZ shooting suspect not cooperating, sheriff says (& lawyer who defended McVeigh has taken his case)
Source: MSNBC TUCSON, Ariz. — A 22-year-old man charged with trying to assassinate a U.S. congresswoman in a Shooting Spree that left six people dead has remained silent and has not been cooperating with the investigation, according to a sheriff. Jared Loughner, described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in paranoia and deep distrust of government, was due to make his first court appearance Monday at 4 p.m. ET. =snip= Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Pima County, where the shootings occur...

Report: Unabomber Lawyer Clarke to Represent Loughner
Yahoo! Buzz Since Sunday evening, the rumors have been out there that Judy Clarke, the lawyer who has represented a handful of notorious criminals throughout her career, will represent Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of opening fire at a political event in Tucson on Saturday. CNN says it’s true now, citing a “federal judicial source.” (Click here, meanwhile, for a PDF of the federal charges filed against Loughner. Murder, Attempted Murder, Manslaughter and like Crimes of vi...

Lawyers For 'Unabomber,' White Supremacist To Represent Jared Lee Loughner
The Federal Public Defender's Office on Monday requested that the court appoint Judy Clarke and Mark Fleming to represent Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect allegedly behind the Mass Shooting on Saturday that killed a Federal Judge and gravely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Clarke previously represented "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and assisted in the case of confessed al Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui. Fleming represented Aryan Brotherhood defendant Travis Dally in a federal capital mu...

Gunman in Arizona Shooting Held Without Bail, Assigned Lawyer Who Defended McVeigh
PHOENIX -- The nation got its first look on Monday at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut above the right temple and his hands cuffed, scanned a packed courtroom and sat down. His attorney, who defended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. The judge asked Loughner if he understood that he could get life in Prison -- or the death penalty -- for killing Federal Judge John...

Jared Lee Loughner: Gaze Into The Face of Insanity
PHOENIX -- The nation got its first look on Monday at the 22-year-old loner accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Jared Loughner, head shaved, a cut above the right temple and his hands cuffed, scanned a packed courtroom and sat down. His attorney, who defended Oklahoma City bomber Timothy Mcveigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, whispered to him. The judge asked Loughner if he understood that he could get life in Prison -- or the death penalty -- for killing Federal Judge John...

Loughner Appears in Federal Court
PHOENIX - Jared Loughner appeared before a Federal magistrate judge at the Federal Courthouse in Phoenix Monday afternoon. Loughner made an initial appearance before Judge Lawrence Anderson. This is a procedural hearing and it should be brief. Just after 2 p.m., Jared Loughner entered the courtroom handcuffed and wearing an inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. As he walked in, he looked straight at the crowd. His lawyer, Judy Clarke, who defended Oklahoma City...