Tucson Shooting Rampage - Looking Ahead to Trial and Sentencing
January 11 , 2011
D.C. Fox News
On January 8, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner is alleged to have opened fire at a political event near Tucson, Arizona, where Gabrielle Giffords, a United States Representative, was scheduled to speak. Giffords was shot in the head. Twenty people were shot, and nine died, including U.S. District Court for Arizona John Roll, a nine-year-old girl, a congressional aide, two 76-year-olds and a 79-year-old.
Professor Paul Butler joined Fox's D.C. news team to discuss the legal issues surrounding the case. What are the likely strategies of the prosecution and the defense? Might federal prosecutors seek the death penalty? Could an insanity defense succeed?/ Stream the video of the segment below for these answers.
