PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for the Tucson shooting rampage suspect say federal prison officials have decided to forcibly give him anti-psychotic drugs.
Attorneys for Jared Loughner filed an emergency motion on Friday asking U.S. District Judge Larry Burns to stop them from doing so.
Burns has twice denied their requests to be given notice before their client is drugged. Loughner has been at a Missouri prison medical facility since Burns declared him mentally incompetent to stand trial in May.
Defense attorney Judy Clarke wrote that a prison administrative hearing on June 14 found Loughner was a danger to himself. She doesn't know if they have started giving him drugs.
Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges stemming from the Jan. 8 shooting that killed six and injured 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Most of the time prisoners have a tough time getting the medication they require. As far as this goes I don't see how they could force him to take medication unless a court ruled on this. Even though this guy is a scumbag he still hasn't been found guilty so he still has the right to refuse any forced medication.
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My wife is a firm believer of instead of using animals for testing products before they are brought to market, we should instead test on death row inmates. Give them a choice, die now or become a guinea pig.
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