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Colorado clinic gunman says being drugged against his will
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Tue Oct 18, 2016 | 5:43pm EDT
Colorado clinic gunman says being drugged against his will
By Keith Coffman | DENVER
A gunman deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year said in a courtroom outburst on Tuesday that he is being "forcibly" drugged at a state hospital.
Robert Lewis Dear, 58, made the claim as he was being led into an El Paso County courtroom for a hearing on issues related to his criminal case, which has been on hold while he undergoes treatment in an effort to restore him to mental competency.
Dear is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and assault stemming from the November 2015 shooting rampage at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs that also left nine others wounded.
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Shackled and appearing much thinner than in previous court appearances, the bearded South Carolina native said the judge has “put me in the nuthouse; forcibly medicated me,” and was going to “censor the media.”
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Colorado clinic gunman says being drugged against his will
By Keith Coffman | DENVER
A gunman deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year said in a courtroom outburst on Tuesday that he is being "forcibly" drugged at a state hospital.
Robert Lewis Dear, 58, made the claim as he was being led into an El Paso County courtroom for a hearing on issues related to his criminal case, which has been on hold while he undergoes treatment in an effort to restore him to mental competency.
Dear is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and assault stemming from the November 2015 shooting rampage at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs that also left nine others wounded.
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Shackled and appearing much thinner than in previous court appearances, the bearded South Carolina native said the judge has “put me in the nuthouse; forcibly medicated me,” and was going to “censor the media.”
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-plannedparenthood-idUSKCN12I2QP
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