Loughner Gets New Charges
Federal prosecutors say they will file new murder charges against Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old college dropout held in the Tucson massacre.Dennis Burke, the U.S. attorney for Arizona, last week asked a judge to drop earlier charges in the slayings of U.S. District Judge John Roll and congressional aide Gabriel Zimmerman Jan 8.
Spokesman Robbie Sherwood told the Tucson Sentinel it was a "procedural matter" and the counts will be refiled before a March 9 status conference on the case.
