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Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman who killed six people and wounded 13 others last year during a congressional meet and great lead by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, pleaded guilty on Tuesday inside a Tucson, AZ courtroom.

STORY: Jared Loughner Facing Life In Jail For Tuscon Shooting 

According to the Associated Press, Loughner’s plea spares him the death penalty and came soon after Federal Judge Larry A. Burns found that months of forcibly medicating him to treat his schizophrenia had made the 23-year-old college dropout competent.

As reported by the AP:

At one point, Judge Larry A. Burns asked Loughner if he understood the charges against him and what the government would need to convict him.

“Yes, I understand,” Loughner replied.

The judge said that Loughner was a different person and that he is able to help his lawyers in his defense. Burns said that observing Loughner in the court left “no question that he understands what’s happening today.”

Loughner faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

SOURCE: AP