Reuters7:49 p.m. CDT, August 7, 2012
* Plea spares Loughner from death penalty* Giffords' husband: Couple satisfied with plea agreement
(Adds details on motive, color from hearing)By Tim Gaynor and Jazmine Woodberry
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug 7 (Reuters) - Jared Loughner pleaded
guilty on Tuesday to killing six people and wounding 13 others,
including then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, in an
Arizona shooting rampage last year, and will be spared the death
penalty in exchange.
The 23-year-old community college dropout entered his guilty
pleas in federal court in Tucson shortly after U.S. District
Judge Larry Burns ruled that he was mentally competent to stand
trial following more than a year of treatment at a prison
psychiatric hospital.
"I plead guilty," Loughner, dressed in a khaki prison
jumpsuit with his hair trimmed short, said to each of the 19
counts read in court by Burns.
Loughner, who court-appointed psychologists say has suffered
from schizophrenia and depression, was calm during the hearing,
