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Tucson Massacre Shooter Gets Life

In this courtroom sketch, Jared Loughner is lead into the courtroom by a U.S. Marshal prior to sentencing in U.S. District Court earlier today in Tucson, Ariz. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns sentenced Loughner, 24, to life in prison, for the January 2011 attack that left six people dead and Giffords and others wounded. Loughner pleaded guilty to federal charges under an agreement that guarantees he will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. (AP Photo/Bill Robles)



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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