Defense: Prison Will Force Drugs on Loughner

Attorneys file emergency motion to stop forced medication
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 27, 2011 6:25 AM CDT
Defense: Prison Officials Will Force Drugs on Jared Loughner
Defendant Jared Loughner is restrained by US Marshals following an outburst during his competency hearing in federal court May 25 in Tucson.   (AP Photo/Bill Robles)

Prison officials will force Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner to take anti-psychotic drugs after finding earlier this month that he is a danger to himself, his lawyers say. The attorneys have filed an emergency motion asking the judge to put a stop to it, but US District Judge Larry Burns has twice denied requests that the lawyers be notified before Loughner is drugged. Loughner has been at a medical facility since being declared mentally incompetent to stand trial, the AP reports. (More Jared Lee Loughner stories.)

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