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Odayer congresswoman Gabby Giffords cape face to face today d th the man who tried to kill her. 24yearold jared loughner. En january of last year, loughner, mentally ill and armed with a semiautomatic pistol, tried to assassinate giffords, raising his gun to her head and firing. Then he kept shooting, killing six, wounding 13. Loughner pleaded guilty, and today a federal judge sentenced him to seven life terms, one for pch of the dead, plus one more for attempting to kill a member of congress. John blackstone was in the courtroom. Reporter loughner sat in the courtroom as one by one, victims rose to speak. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords ask her husband, mark kelly, stood side by side. Loughner look toward him as kelly said, mr. Loughner, you may have put a bullet through her head, but you havent put a dent in her spirit and her commitment to make the world a better place. Giffords did not speak but stood fully upright, her paralyzed right arm in a sling. Kelly ended with this, you have d

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