Judge Rules Loughner not Competent to Stand Trial

U.S. District Judge Larry Burns found Loughner, 22, described by his own legal team as "gravely mentally ill," was incapable of understanding the proceedings against him and assisting in his own defense.

The decision came shortly after Loughner was hustled out of the courtroom for an outburst that disrupted the hearing. He spent five weeks undergoing psychiatric evaluations at a federal prison hospital in Missouri.

Prosecutors had asked for the review in March, citing widely publicized accounts of erratic, paranoid behavior by Loughner in the months before the shooting spree, including homemade videos posted on YouTube in which Loughner talks about mistrust of the government and mind control.