Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford of Southern Arizona Shot At Constituent Event - Page 10

Drolefille · #**136** 01-12-2011, 04:59 PM

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mo...tings-reaction

I highly recommend watching this. It's about 9 minutes and it is mostly serious, but Jon Stewart does his usual excellent job of expressing the conflicting feelings and thoughts that we have following a tragedy.

BAckbOwlsgIrl · #**137** 01-13-2011, 01:19 AM

Pam was in the audience at the Memorial Service!

Watching Nightline, apparently Pam Simon snook out, unbeknown-st to her doctors, to see the memorial at UMC with all of the flowers.

KSUViolet06 · #**138** 05-25-2011, 04:01 PM

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20066075.shtml

(CBS/AP) PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is mentally incompetent to stand trial, putting the criminal case against him on hold indefinitely.

AOII Angel · #**139** 05-25-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20066075.shtml

(CBS/AP) PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is mentally incompetent to stand trial, putting the criminal case against him on hold indefinitely.

I'm not the least bit surprised.

AlphaFrog · #**140** 05-25-2011, 05:29 PM

Dude purposely tried to assassinate a public official in broad daylight in front of hundreds of witnesses. Nothing about that scenario says "sane" to me.

PiKA2001 · #**141** 05-25-2011, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Dude purposely tried to assassinate a public official in broad daylight in front of hundreds of witnesses. Nothing about that scenario says "sane" to me.

AGDee · #**142** 05-25-2011, 09:11 PM

He believes that he killed her from what I heard.

Drolefille · #**143** 05-25-2011, 09:16 PM

On the positive side, all that means is they medicate him until he is sane and then they try him.

AGDee · #**144** 05-25-2011, 09:21 PM

Unless he has a fixed delusion. When I did a fieldwork in a state mental health hospital there were a lot of Incompetent to Stand Trial patients who were NEVER going to stand trial. Although, they were also never going to leave the hospital.

Drolefille · #**145** 05-25-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Unless he has a fixed delusion. When I did a fieldwork in a state mental health hospital there were a lot of Incompetent to Stand Trial patients who were NEVER going to stand trial. Although, they were also never going to leave the hospital.

True, but the latter point there is also key. If he's really that effing crazy, he's never going to go free anyway. From what I've heard about the case, I suspect he was, although mentally ill, perfectly aware of the consequences of his actions while planning/carrying out the murders. As such, I suspect he'll eventually, with medication, stand trial. It's possible he had a 'psychotic break' and will never return to 'reality' but that's less likely in general.

AZTheta · #**146** 05-26-2011, 12:41 AM

From what's being reported here in AZ and specifically, Tucson: two independent diagnoses (psychiatrist and psychologist) of schizophrenia.

Loughner had to be removed from the courtroom during the competency hearing.

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crim...cc4c03286.html

Pima Community College released hundreds of emails that documented Loughner's bizarre behavior while enrolled as a student there.

Rep. Giffords continues to undergo intensive inpatient rehab in Houston. She has had the open head wound surgically closed with plastic (the preserved skull was contaminated with gunshot residue) and a shunt placed to relieve the fluid buildup in the ventricles. If you know neuroanatomy, you can read between the lines. She has switched to using her left hand for writing; she continues to receive speech, physical and occupational therapies as well as other rehabilitation services.

knight_shadow · #**147** 06-12-2011, 06:09 PM

First photos of Giffords released since shooting

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HOUSTON – Two portraits of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gave the nation its closest look yet at the congresswoman's remarkable recovery less than six months after she was shot in the head at point-blank range outside a supermarket.

The pictures posted Sunday on Facebook were the first clear photos of the Arizona congresswoman who rose to national prominence after a gunman opened fire on her in January as she met with constituents in Tucson. Six people were killed and 13 others wounded.

But the images left unanswered many questions about her cognitive abilities and when — or even if — she will be able to resume her job in Congress.

link

AZ-AlphaXi · #**148** 08-01-2011, 07:17 PM

Gabrielle Giffords just arrived on the House floor to vote on the debt bill. Welcome back Gabby.

AOII Angel · #**149** 08-01-2011, 08:42 PM

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Gabrielle Giffords just arrived on the House floor to vote on the debt bill. Welcome back Gabby.

So glad she was able to recover enough to make it back for a vote!

AnchorAlum · #**150** 08-01-2011, 10:21 PM

Extremely moving just to see her on the floor of the House. That was a complete wowza as far as I'm concerned.