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Tucson shooting suspect’s detention, treatment is extended

Doctors working to make him fit to stand trial

By Julie Watson

 |  Associated Press  

  February 07, 2012

A federal judge ruled Monday that the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Representative Gabrielle Giffords will spend four more months at a federal prison facility where officials are forcibly medicating him. U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns noted that Jared Lee Loughner has made marked improvement at the facility in Springfield, Mo., where he has participated in group therapy with other inmates and at times had coherent speech and steady eye contact with others.

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