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DETROITNEWS.COM reports:
Tucson, Ariz.— 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 sparing the victims a lengthy, possibly traumatic death-penalty trial.


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  • Heisenberg 2012/08/08 02:01:30
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    Heisenberg
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    This is an evil man that murdered innocent people.

    For him to breathe air while others are in the grave seems un-just to me.

    I hope he burns in hell and wish comfort to the survivors.
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  • princess 2012/08/12 11:38:28
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    princess
    He's a perfect example of why there's a Death Penalty.
    If this monster doesn't receive the Death Penalty, then what is it good for??
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  • Not-A-RINO 2012/08/11 13:07:14
    Disagree
    Not-A-RINO
    The guy should be executed for those murders. Why should the taxpayers of Arizona pay to house this crazed murderer for the rest of his life if there's no chance whatsoever of him being rehabilitated and being re-admitted into society?

    I don't take the death penalty lightly and it should be very carefully used. Protections should include having the jury which convicted him recommend the death penalty by a 3/4 vote, having the judge accept the recommendation and allow for DNA evidence, if requested, should the defence have failed to present it during trial. Since there is no question on Loughner's guilt, the penalty phase should be short and swift by lethal injection.
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  • laptop lulu 2012/08/11 12:56:03
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    laptop lulu
    This is as close to justice as you get other than the death penalty. Seems people like this need help with mental issues since it's not exactly normal to do what he did. Not sure he's going to get much mental help but he'll be paying daily for what he did.
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  • Nilam 2012/08/09 00:42:20
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    Nilam
    +1
    why waist our money to feed, cloth, educate, and keep healthy a killer for a lifetime? i say the death penalty would be justice.
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  • llamalife44 2012/08/08 19:01:59
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    llamalife44
    +1
    Just give him death.
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  • deBrice 2012/08/08 16:46:44
    Agree
    deBrice
    He looks pretty happy on the picture :(
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  • BigKwell 2012/08/08 16:38:36
    Disagree
    BigKwell
    He should sniff gas for what he did!
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  • Dickens 2012/08/08 14:04:22
    Disagree
    Dickens
    ...but he IS a hero of the NRA (hey remember, he DID, after all, exercise his right to keep and bear arms) and he's ALSO a hero of the both the republicans AND teabaggers (hey remember, he DID, after all, shoot a democratic congresswoman in the head..)
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  • Not-A-RINO Dickens 2012/08/11 13:09:35
    Not-A-RINO
    Lucky for you there isn't an intelligence test before you can have an account on Sodahead.
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  • ✞Knight of Honor 2012/08/08 13:44:55
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    ✞Knight of Honor
    +1
    Instead of executing the son of a bitch, we rewarded him with free food and shelter for the rest of his life. Why are the immoral rewarded?
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  • Playerazzi 2012/08/08 13:12:18
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    Playerazzi
    +1
    No.

    He's got to be fried.

    Too bad.
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  • rhstarr 2012/08/08 12:21:43
    Disagree
    rhstarr
    +2
    No, Sorry once again someone that is going to live off tax payers money. A place to live, 3 meals a day. Yeah it may not be much, but its more than what alot of homless americans have.
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  • Don Leuty 2012/08/08 09:18:15
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    Don Leuty
    Nothing brings the lives back. The families don't have to relive every moment in a trial. I'd say justice was served.
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  • xcide13 Don Leuty 2012/08/08 13:21:21
    xcide13
    I, personally, would rather relive the ordeal rather than having to live for many decades with the knowledge that the man who did this is still alive.
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  • Don Leuty xcide13 2012/08/08 20:37:51
    Don Leuty
    Let the dead bury the dead. The families have closure, while he has lifetime to rue the day.
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  • xcide13 Don Leuty 2012/08/09 03:06:45
    xcide13
    +1
    The families said that they have closure?
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  • Don Leuty xcide13 2012/08/09 09:06:11
    Don Leuty
    The parents of the young girl have stated that they are in agreement with the plea bargain. They also stated they were relieved to no have to bear the burden of public trial.
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  • xcide13 Don Leuty 2012/08/09 13:22:37
    xcide13
    Weren't there five other victims? What do ther familes think. If everyone was in agreeance i would say that justice was served. If not, pursue the death penlty.
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  • Don Leuty xcide13 2012/08/09 15:26:00
    Don Leuty
    The point has been decided and jeopardy attached. He cannot be retried. None of the victims families have publicly objected.
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  • xcide13 Don Leuty 2012/08/09 18:57:22
    xcide13
    I realize this. However the point is still up for discussion or we would not be conversing.

    Just because the families are not objecting doesn't mean they are happy with the verdict.
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  • Don Leuty xcide13 2012/08/10 09:35:16
    Don Leuty
    The survivors will never be happy with any verdict. Bitterness and revenge are as destructive as the bullets that were fired. The effect is the same, it just prolongs the suffering and diminishes health.
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  • xcide13 Don Leuty 2012/08/10 14:33:27
    xcide13
    Revenge? Who mentioned anything about revenge?

    I could definitely see bitterness persisting for a lifetime while the man who did this is alive.
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  • Pedro Doller ~POTL-PWCM~JLA 2012/08/08 06:52:51
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    Pedro Doller ~POTL-PWCM~JLA
    They say he has been drugged back to sanity now. I guess we will never find out what kind of mind candy this guy was on before. More to this guy and this story will come out over time.
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  • Elephant Lord 2012/08/08 06:51:12
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    Elephant Lord
    Lock him up! He's literally a danger to society.
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  • The Mosher 2012/08/08 05:14:24
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    The Mosher
    life or death either would have been fine as long as he is has no hope of seeing freedom
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  • ruru 2012/08/08 04:24:03
    Agree
    ruru
    No need to put the victim's families through another ordeal by having a trial.
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  • JanHopkins 2012/08/08 04:14:19
    Disagree
    JanHopkins
    Doesn't it bother anyone that we never get to find out exactly WHY these nut balls do this stuff?
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  • Stef and the City 2012/08/08 04:02:19
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    Stef and the City
    As usual, justice was not served. Would he be my first choice to receive the death penalty over certain others though? No, there are other crimes that have been commited before this that are more befitting in my opinion. Oh yeah, and am I the only one who thinks his face looks like it's molded out of clay? Like, claymation. Creepy!
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  • Christopher Kirchen 2012/08/08 03:57:04
    Agree
    Christopher Kirchen
    Dahmer allegedly had a life sentence and someone in his prison shortened it a great deal.
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  • mikeeonly 2012/08/08 03:56:18
    Agree
    mikeeonly
    it's the least he should get
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  • Simmering Frog 2012/08/08 03:54:33
    Agree
    Simmering Frog
    Jarod lee Loughner



    Every I see this guy's picture, he reminds me of the serpent from the Tony Randall movie "The Seven Faces of Dr Lao!" Disgusting!
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  • Robshock 2012/08/08 03:44:36
    Agree
    Robshock
    They were democrats.
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  • JayLynx 2012/08/08 03:11:21
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    JayLynx
    +1
    One more death do not will bring back those victims. My prayers on their families, and for Jared & family, too.
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  • nbarton2 2012/08/08 03:07:23
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    nbarton2
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    We as taxpayers now have to pay for this guy even though there is overwhelming evidence to put him to death, tell me the death penalty doesn't work because obviously he was afraid to die.
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  • Matt M 2012/08/08 03:06:07
    Agree
    Matt M
    +2
    I don't support capital punishment. Our justice system is simply to flawed. Do I have a problem with this guy frying, nope. Or many others. But our system lacks the precision to get it right.

    Although if we were going to do it in this case, I would want the electric chair. It would look something like this:

    Uncle Fester
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  • Lordphoton999 *AFCL* 2012/08/08 03:00:46
    Disagree
    Lordphoton999 *AFCL*
    +1
    No, Justice is served only when we deprive him of what he deprived his victims.
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  • Striker 2012/08/08 02:56:21
    Disagree
    Striker
    +3
    Even the bible says "an eye for an eye". Such horrible people don't deserve to be alive on the backs of the taxpayers forever.
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  • Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/08/08 02:31:32
    Disagree
    Balladeer-PWCM-POTL
    +3
    he's still alive..justice is denied so long as THAT condition exists
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  • Fef 2012/08/08 02:20:12
    Disagree
    Fef
    +4
    The murdered victims can no longer enjoy life. This murdering scumbag, who admitted the crime, should not enjoy another moment of living.
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  • tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA 2012/08/08 02:14:30
    Disagree
    tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA
    +3
    He will burn in hell, sooner or later.

    I would have it sooner.
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