Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Suspect Jared Loughner Found Unfit to Stand Trial
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The case against Jared Loughner is on indefinite hold after he was deemed unfit for trial. The defendant was removed from the courtroom after an outburst. Now the future of the trial is unclear. “Buzz” Conover, senior political reporter at KUAT, explains what happened in the case. And Clinical Professor of Law at Washington & Lee University David Bruck explains what happens next.
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