Giffords shooting suspect pleads not guilty

Jared Loughner, the gunman accused of trying to assassinate a US congresswoman and killing six people in Tucson, has pleaded not guilty to all 49 new charges against him.

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Published 10 March 2011 8:13am

Updated 23 August 2013 5:05pm

Source: AFP

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Jared Loughner, the gunman accused of trying to assassinate a US congresswoman and killing six people in Tucson, has pleaded not guilty to all 49 new charges against him.

He entered the pleas in his first court appearance in Tucson itself, after prosecutors announced new indictments against him last week following the January 8 Arizona shooting spree.

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