URGENT - Arizona-Loughner-Assault

Published On: Nov 08 2012 01:19:04 PM EST

(CNN) -- "It was an assault on democracy," said the U.S. attorney prosecuting Jared Loughner for the January 2011 attempted assassination of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the killing of six other people and attempted murder of 13 others. The comment came after a judge heard from several victims and just before a sentence was to be imposed.