Attorneys for Jared Loughner filed an emergency motion on Friday asking U.S. District Judge Larry Burns to stop them from doing so.
Burns has twice denied their requests to be given notice before their client is drugged. Loughner has been at a Missouri prison medical facility since Burns declared him mentally incompetent to stand trial in May.
Defense attorney Judy Clarke wrote that a prison administrative hearing on June 14 found Loughner was a danger to himself. She doesn't know if they have started giving him drugs.
Loughner has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges stemming from the Jan. 8 shooting that killed six and injured 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/26/jared-loughner-medicate-tucson-shooting_n_884881.html
I suppose a shot in the arm every now and then would be a little annoying, but I doubt it compares to a shot in the head or a mortal wound from a handgun. Get over it dude; this shot of drugs; you don’t want are the least of your worries. Your trial can’t go forward until you are found competent. You can’t be found competent until those drugs start working. It makes sense your legal team wants to stall the process.
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