Thursday, January 20, 2011

A US Congresswoman heads to rehab and prosecutors indict an assassin.

...Captain Kelly (click title to entry - thank you) said the center in Houston had “a national reputation for treating serious penetrating brain injuries, and is also in a community where I have family and a strong support network.”
Also Wednesday, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Jared L. Loughner for attempting to kill Ms. Giffords and two of her aides. A United States attorney, Dennis K. Burke, called it an initial indictment and suggested that additional charges were forthcoming. By going to a grand jury, prosecutors are able to avoid a preliminary hearing in which witnesses can be cross-examined by the defense.
An arraignment, at which Mr. Loughner will enter a plea to the charges, is scheduled for Monday in Federal District Court in Phoenix.
“There will almost certainly be a superseding indictment,” said A. Bates Butler III, a former United States attorney for Arizona. “This gives the government more time to continue its investigation.”...

Even though Rep. Giffords is alive and recovering, Loughner killed six people including a 'sworn' aid to the Congresswoman, Mr. Zimmerman.  He is an assassin, as he planned to be.