PHOENIX (AP) - A 22-year-old man described as a social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust faces a federal court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed others in a Tucson shooting rampage.
Public defenders are asking that the attorney who defended Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Timothy McVeigh and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski defend Jared Loughner, who makes his first court appearance Monday afternoon.
The Tucson hearing comes just an hour after President Barack Obama leads a shocked and saddened nation in a moment of silence for the victims and their families at 1 p.m. MST (11 a.m. EST).
As authorities filed the charged against Jared Loughner, they alleged he scrawled on an envelope the words "my assassination" and "Giffords" sometime before he took a cab to a shopping center where the congresswoman was meeting with constituents Saturday morning.
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