Reply With QuoteOriginally Posted by Curt James
Court: Jared Loughner can refuse anti-psychotic medication
By Scott Thompson, CNN
UPDATED: 01:40 AM EDT 07.13.11
A three-judge federal appeals panel has ruled that Tucson shooting suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, can refuse anti-psychotic medication.
Tuesday's ruling comes days after the court said they would review an appeal by attorneys for the government who argued the alleged gunman should take anti-psychotic drugs for his behavior.
The federal appeals court last week temporarily halted the medication.
"Since Loughner has not been convicted of a crime, he is presumptively innocent and is therefore entitled to greater constitutional protections than a convicted inmate," court documents said.
"While both interests are significant, we conclude that preserving the dignity and bodily integrity of an individual who has not been convicted of a crime is the stronger interest, especially when the government has demonstrated that it is able to prevent that individual from harming himself or others."
Loughner is being held in a federal mental hospital after an earlier court ruling found him incompetent to stand trial and the hospital's medical staff began forcing him to take psychotropic medication after it deemed him to be a danger to himself and others.He is charged with killing six people -- including the chief federal judge of Arizona, John Roll -- in a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8.
Among the 13 people wounded was U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, who was shot in the head.
On May 25, a judge found Loughner incompetent to stand trial and committed him to federal custody for hospitalization at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, where the staff will determine whether Loughner will become competent in the foreseeable future and, if so, oversee his mental restoration.
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Am I the only one who sees a contradiction here?
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Court: Jared Loughner can refuse anti-psychotic medication
Court: Jared Loughner can refuse anti-psychotic medication
By Scott Thompson, CNN
UPDATED: 01:40 AM EDT 07.13.11
A three-judge federal appeals panel has ruled that Tucson shooting suspect, Jared Lee Loughner, can refuse anti-psychotic medication.
Tuesday's ruling comes days after the court said they would review an appeal by attorneys for the government who argued the alleged gunman should take anti-psychotic drugs for his behavior.
The federal appeals court last week temporarily halted the medication.
"Since Loughner has not been convicted of a crime, he is presumptively innocent and is therefore entitled to greater constitutional protections than a convicted inmate," court documents said.
"While both interests are significant, we conclude that preserving the dignity and bodily integrity of an individual who has not been convicted of a crime is the stronger interest, especially when the government has demonstrated that it is able to prevent that individual from harming himself or others."
Loughner is being held in a federal mental hospital after an earlier court ruling found him incompetent to stand trial and the hospital's medical staff began forcing him to take psychotropic medication after it deemed him to be a danger to himself and others.
He is charged with killing six people -- including the chief federal judge of Arizona, John Roll -- in a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8.
Among the 13 people wounded was U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, who was shot in the head.
On May 25, a judge found Loughner incompetent to stand trial and committed him to federal custody for hospitalization at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, where the staff will determine whether Loughner will become competent in the foreseeable future and, if so, oversee his mental restoration.
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Originally Posted by Curt James
Am I the only one who sees a contradiction here?
Rules? You mean we have RULES for that???
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Good catch. I missed that. Originally Posted by ALBOB
Am I the only one who sees a contradiction here?
And I've had this argument with family members. How the hell, with all the eyewitnesses there, is Loughner an ALLEGED killer?
Just how the **** is it that he... "has not been convicted of a crime"? Or that "he is presumptively innocent"?
BULLSH1T!
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I fucking hate it when the "press" try's to remain unbiased when there is no need. the mother fucker got tackled trying to reload his weapon, crazy or not he is guilty of the crime he was caught in commission of it. Originally Posted by Curt James
I hate the way the US justice system treats murders better than drug dealers, etc.
on a side note the Arizona politician in the article below needs to be beat about the head with a bat..
Arizona politician on defensive after reporter says she aimed loaded gun at him | The Lookout - Yahoo! NewsI train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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Rule #1: Treat every gun as though it is loaded Originally Posted by LAM
Rule #2: NEVER point a gun at something you do not wish to destroy
etc.
I'll supply the bat.
Rules? You mean we have RULES for that???
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No Shiite! That guy should be hung. Not guilty of committing a crime, yeah right!
I guess if he would've shot a Republican, he'd be hung already.The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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