I think its the latter.
Nation gets first look at suspect, Tucson grieves
By JACQUES BILLEAUD, Associated Press, JULIE WATSON, Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) — When Jared Loughner walked into the courtroom, everything fell silent.
Law clerks, courtroom artists and reporters alike turned from the wooden benches to look at the vacant-eyed 22-year-old accused of trying to assassinate U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing a federal judge in a weekend shooting in southern Arizona that left five others dead.
Wearing a beige prison jumpsuit and handcuffs and sporting a pink gash on the hairline of his shaved head, Loughner on Monday afternoon spoke just a brief reply when the judge asked if he understood that he could get life in prison — or the death penalty — for killing federal Judge John Roll.
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