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Arizona gunman avoids death penalty with guilty plea

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    Adam Housley reports on Jared Loughner case

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Life in prison without the Jared Loughner -- he's the man who killed six people and hurt thirteen others including Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords.

He's kind of deal with prosecutors pleading guilty and getting life in prison but avoiding the death penalty -- -- penalty.

Something that the victims of this tragedy supported.

Today we remember the victims and the families forever affected by this.

But today justice was done.

The change of this -- Jared Loughner.

Will now spend the remainder of his life in prison.

-- will never be able to harm the Tucson community for any other community ever again.

Adam Housley joins us now live from Los Angeles hi Adam first -- tell us what went down inside that courtroom.

-- quite dramatic day and at Tucson courtroom yesterday general -- sitting there with a short hair wearing a brown -- jackal whose parents are behind him and -- and they cried at time also.

A number of the victims were in the courtroom as well some of the families of those injured.

And those killed it was a day word Loughner did agree to plead guilty to killing six injuring thirteen as you mentioned also.

-- attempted assassination of congressman records that being Gabby Giffords.

We heard a clinical psychologists also within that when judge determined that he was okay enough to basically take part in this defense and to agree to these charges.

We're from a clinical psychologist he gave a significant background of Loughner about out about sixteen years old.

He changed and became different also a dramatic point in -- courtroom when locker stood up and answer some questions from the judge -- -- read this to you -- point the judge judge burns says.

You -- judge role playing games -- -- in with a Glock pistol and Loughner says yes.

You shot Ron barber and -- Simon intending to kill them any job and and -- says yes.

You shot Christina Taylor Green door one Stoddard Phyllis next door -- because they were there at the event.

In -- Loughner calmly said yes -- again.

So what was the reaction from victims then.

Well you know had a number of -- -- first I want a restatement this came up from mark Kelly of course the husband of get real Giffords on he put -- statement yesterday that says quote.

We don't speak for all the victim's -- and their families but Gabby -- satisfied with this plea agreement.

The pain -- loss caused by the events of January 8 2011 are incalculable.

Aborting a trial allow all of us and we hope the whole southern Arizona community.

To continue with our recovery and move forward with our lives again that was from mark Kelly the husband our former representative Gabrielle Giffords we also heard from a number of those who were a -- shot forward who of course had been members were killed by -- Loughner.

One of them was Susie Heilman here's what she had to say.

This is it hearings.

It's not perfect solution.

Is one that we can't have.

What we want is not a good.

And you heard a bit of -- hit in there these people are agreeing to this -- the same time.

It's the best of what can be expected read what you want into that -- these people obviously know that if they'd gone for the death penalty would have been -- very long and drawn out trial.

And that what made things potentially worse -- again.

Yeah a lot of pain -- still Adam Housley live in LA thank you.

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