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Loughner pleads guilty and avoids death penalty
Posted: 08.07.2012 at 4:32 PM
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Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty to a January 2011 shooting rampage.  / AP photo
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The outcome was welcomed by some victims, including Giffords herself, as a way to avoid a lengthy, possibly traumatic trial and years of legal wrangling over a death sentence.

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