Death penalty a factor Ariz. suspect lawyer search
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A public defender says a possibility of the death penalty in the Arizona shooting rampage complicates the search for lawyers to represent the suspect.
Twenty-two-year-old Jared Loughner (LAWF'-nuhr), of Tucson, is accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Federal Public Defender Jon Sands said in a filing Monday that Clarke and another outside attorney, Mark Fleming, should be appointed because Loughner's lawyers must be qualified in death penalty cases.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He has called on San Diego attorney Judy Clarke, a former federal public defender who served on high profile cases, including Timothy McVeigh, a coconspirator in the 1995 Oklahoma bombing.
Prosecutors have not said if they'll seek the death penalty.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}PHOENIX (AP) — A public defender says a possibility of the death penalty in the Arizona shooting rampage complicates the search for lawyers to represent the suspect.
Twenty-two-year-old Jared Loughner (LAWF'-nuhr), of Tucson, is accused of killing six people and wounded 13 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Federal Public Defender Jon Sands said in a filing Monday that Clarke and another outside attorney, Mark Fleming, should be appointed because Loughner's lawyers must be qualified in death penalty cases.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He has called on San Diego attorney Judy Clarke, a former federal public defender who served on high profile cases, including Timothy McVeigh, a coconspirator in the 1995 Oklahoma bombing.
Prosecutors have not said if they'll seek the death penalty.
(This version CORRECTS number of wounded.)