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'''John McCarthy Roll''' (February 8, 1947 - January 8, 2011) served as the chief judge for the United States District Court for the District of [[Arizona]], having been nominated by President [[George H.W. Bush]] in 1991. He was murdered on January, 8, 2011 by gunman Jared Loughner, while attending a public event with U.S. Representative [[Gabrielle Giffords]] (D-Arizona), who was gravely wounded. Roll is the first federal judge to be assassinated since Robert Smith Vance in 1989.
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