MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Forced medication of Jared Lee Loughner OK'd by court
By artappraiser on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 4:11pm |By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2012
Reporting from Los Angeles—Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner can be forcibly medicated with antipsychotic drugs, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said prison authorities have the right to treat an inmate who would otherwise be a danger to himself or others around him. [....]
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