Fitz Blog: Despite concerns

“Despite their concerns, Loughner's parents said they never sent him to get help and he had never been diagnosed as mentally ill.”

Tucson shooting: Major findings in Loughner files

Documents released Wednesday provide new insight into how the Tucson shooting rampage occurred and the motivations behind gunman Jared Loughner.

What Mark Kelly told the man who tried to kill his wife

Below is Mark Kelly’s statement as prepared for delivery at today'ssentencing of Jared Lee Loughner:

Loughner plea is imperfect justice but sensible

Jared Lee Loughner appears different than he did 15 months ago. His brown hair shaved short, his face fuller, his countenance capable of a smile.

Loughner change of plea hearing set

The judge overseeing the deadly Tucson mass shooting case on Monday scheduled competency and change of plea hearings for defendant Jared Lee Loughner.

Court denies Loughner’s request for rehearing

An appeals court rejected a request by lawyers for Tucson gunman Jared Lee Loughner to rehear their arguments over their mentally ill client’s forced medication with psychotropic drugs.

Loughner’s stay in Mo. facility set to end Thursday

Jared Lee Loughner’s stay at a Missouri prison facility where he’s undergoing psychological treatment is set to officially end Thursday.

Hearing set in Tucson shooting rampage case

A judge has set a June 27 hearing to consider whether the Tucson shooting rampage suspect is mentally fit to stand trial.

Report on Loughner’s mental condition due Thursday

The psychologist treating the Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner faces a Thursday deadline for turning in her latest report on efforts to make the suspect mentally fit to stand trial.

Competency hearing sought in Loughner case

Attorneys on both sides of the Jared Lee Loughner murder case are asking for a June 27 hearing on his competence to stand trial.

Loughner loses 3 appeals over forced medication

A federal appeals court Monday denied a request by Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner’s lawyers to halt his forced medication with psychotropic drugs and end his treatment at a Missouri federal prison facility.

Loughner still not competent, expert says

The psychologist evaluating Jared Lee Loughner says he remains incompetent to stand trial and should stay in the hospital for four more months.

Back to Mo. hospital for Loughner

Even if Loughner's psychosis improves, he may remain depressed, because he now recognizes he killed people on Jan. 8, psychologist Christina Pietz testified.

Back to Mo. hospital for Loughner

Judy Clark, right, one of Jared Lee Loughner's lawyers, arrives for the hearing. Loughner's team questioned assertions that the Tucson mass shooter is likely to improve mentally.

Back to Mo. hospital for Loughner

Mavanell Stoddard, whose husband, Dorwan, was killed Jan. 8, attends the hearing.

Back to Mo. hospital for Loughner

George Morris also was there Wednesday. His wife, Dorothy, was killed during Loughner's spree.

Back to Mo. hospital for Loughner

Jared Lee Loughner sat calmly through a 7 1/2-hour court hearing Wednesday, helping convince a federal judge that he should stay in a prison hospital four more months.

Loughner went downhill fast off meds, hearing told

During the period when Jared Lee Loughner was not being medicated in July, his condition deteriorated so badly that he paced for 50 hours straight, ending up with sores on his feet that became infected. Then he refused to take an antibiotic.

Institute for Civil Discourse in Tucson awards 2 research projects

The National Institute for Civil Discourse awarded its first two academic research projects to University of Arizona faculty members.

9th Circuit halts Loughner's meds

PHOENIX - Federal prison officials must temporarily stop forcing antipsychotic drugs on the man who wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a deadly shooting rampage, an appeals court has ruled.