Loughner, deemed mentally competent, pleads guilty to Ariz. shooting

Attorney Judy Clark, left, and defendant Jared Loughner sit before the judge in federal court Tuesday, in Tucson, Ariz., as shown in this artists’ rendering. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner, who is charged with shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and 18 others, entered a ple...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jared Lee Loughner agreed Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at an Arizona political gathering and avoiding the prospect of a trial that might have brought him the death penalty.

His plea came ...

Published: 08/08/2012