In a bold (some would say, insane) move, Tucson shooting suspect, Jared Lee Loughner named convicted mass-murderer Colin Ferguson as his attorney. You may remember Mr. Ferguson from the 1995 trial over the shooting deaths of six people and injuries of nineteen others, while commuting on the Long Island Railroad in Garden City, New York. Despite the court's strong advice to hire legal counsel, Colin Ferguson insisted on representing himself. Despite being positively identified by literally dozens of survivors and eyewitnesses, Mr. Ferguson insisted on his innocence. During the course of his cross-examinations, Ferguson would refer to himself in the third person, most particularly asking the victims of the shooting "Did you see Colin Ferguson..." to which the witness would reply "I saw you shoot me." Yet Mr. Ferguson refused to enter a not-guilty by reason of insanity plea. He is currently serving 315 years and 8 months to life in Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
"He gets it, man," said Loughner, 22, the alleged shooter of a group of people in a Tucson, AZ Safeway parking lot gathered for a town-hall meeting by their congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. The congresswoman was among the thirteen people injured. Six people died as a result of the shooting. "He was accused of killing six people-- I am accused of killing six people," Loughner continued. "What are the odds?" the disturbed young man asked rhetorically. "Isn't it obviously part of a huge government conspiracy?" he added. "Colin has been through this already, man. He's already cracked the conspiracy! Now we just gotta put the pieces together."
Here's hoping that Mr. Ferguson gets similar results.
cuckoo!~
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