Jared Loughner is incompetent to stand trial

A federal judge in Tuscon, AZ has ruled that accused gunman Jared Loughner is incompetent to stand trial.

According to the Baltimore Sun, this all but concludes, for now, the legal proceedings against Loughner in the January shooting spree that killed six people and left 13 wounded, including Gabrieklle Giffords.

Federal Judge Larry A. Burns examined reports on the mental health of the 22-year old defendant and ordered due process halted until Loughner were capable of understanding the charges against him and able to participate in his own defense.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/loughner-giffords-incompetent-trial-2011-5#ixzz1NPdCeZqo

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What do DUers think?

So if he stays locked up without any damage to society, then I would not care. Where is he staying now that he's been ruled incompetent?

But it will be in a looney bin instead of a prison.

or wearing a bathrobe in a locked psych ward. As long as he is kept off the street, justice has been served.

Nothing we can do to this deranged bastard will bring any of the people back. However, we should make sure he never has an opportunity to do it again.

This is not the same as saying he's not guilty by reason of insanity.

I roll with some of the tippy-top attorneys in the USofA. In fact, they call ME for advice.

DU needs a sarcasm font.

:sarcasm:

I'm going to declare him insane and state that he should be committed to a institution for the criminally insane.

So he'll get a few years of therapy and hugs and a bullshit psychobabble analysis, and he'll be on Dr. Phil's show in a few years.

If is found "Guilty, but insane"(AZ thing) he'll be committed to a state run mental health facility. If he ever somehow becomes sane, he'll be transfered to prison.

I'm under the assumption he'll also face charges from the state. I'm probably assuming wrong though.

of his life - the amount of time he would have gotten if he had been found guilty.

That's how I read it in the LA times this am.

The freaking truth!

assuming that's what he has. I also don't believe he ever tried to seek mental health treatment in a first place.

I really would like to see him get the death penalty.

psychologists and psychiatrists who work for the government. Regardless I'm not sure how a DP helps or deters someone who is very mentally ill. Cases like this have me thank the lucky stars I never had anything more than depression and anxiety.

It could be this guy.

some of it seems to be self hypnosis:

All humans are in need of sleep.
Jared Loughner is a human.
Hence, Jared Loughner is in need of sleep.
Sleepwalking
If I define sleepwalking then sleepwalking is the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening.
I define sleepwalking.
Thus, sleepwalking is the act or state of walking, eating or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening.
I'm a sleepwalker - who turns off the alarm clock.
All conscience dreaming at this moment is asleep.
Jared Loughner is conscience dreaming at this moment.
Thus, Jared Loughner is asleep.

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/08/youtube-videos-of-ar.html

where did he learn hypnosis ?

He's very conservative and not afraid of bringing that into his legal decisions.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110525/ap_on_re_us/us_congresswoman_shot_mental_competency

The judge ordered that he spend a few months in a psychiatric hospital so that they could treat him to the point that he is actually competent to stand trial. This isn't not guilty by reason of insanity. There's a good chance this guy will spend the rest of his life in prison, it will just take a bit longer to get him there.

to competency. In which case the criminal case against him will be dismissed.

federal judge. I'm fine with him getting help until he is capable of standing trial.

Hmmmmm...

Hmmmmm.....

Thank the NRA and its lobbyists.

He will be held in a mental institution until fit for trial. If that doesn't happen he stays locked up in a mental hospital.

I am fine with this. He is clearly a threat to society and should be incapacitated. I am more for protecting society than punishment. Rehabilitation over retribution. If he can't be rehabilitated, he must be incapacitated.

They will have to re-evaluate him in some months. If he still isn't competent, they will have to eventually dismiss the criminal case against him.

to stand trial forever, he'll stay in a mental health institution forever.

He'll just be held indefinitely until someday he'll be competent.