Tuesday, August 7, 2012 3:51:14 PM

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Jared Lee Loughner pleads guilty in Tucson shooting case

Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty Tuesday to going on a shooting rampage that left six people dead and wounded his intended target, then-Congresswoman Gabriele Giffords (D-Ariz.), and 12 others. The plea spares him the death penalty.

Loughner's plea came soon after a federal judge had found that months of forcibly medicating Loughner to treat his schizophrenia had made the 23-year-old college dropout competent to understand the gravity of the charges against him and assist in his defense.

Under the plea, he will be sentenced to life in federal prison with possibility of parole.

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