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prosecution is going for the death penalty
CENTENNIAL, COLO. - Arapahoe County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against graduate school dropout James Holmes, accused of first-degree murder in the July 2012 deaths of 12 Aurora movie theater goers.At a court hearing Monday, George Brauchler, Arapahoe County's District Attorney, formally rejected a defense bid that Holmes plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence without parole. Holmes faces an August trial for killing 12. Nearly 70 others were wounded or injured while fleeing. Judge William Slyvester entered a not guilty plea on Holmes' behalf last month."In this case, for James Egan Holmes, justice is death," Brauchler said, after explained his office has spoken with more than 800 victims and their families.Holmes showed no visible reaction to the announcement, but his parents clasped hands and then embraced.Holmes' court appointed attorneys said in a court filing last week that their guilty plea offer could have ended prolonged legal maneuvering. "Mr. Holmes is currently willing to resolve the case to bring the proceedings to a speedy and definite conclusion for all involved," Holmes' lawyers said in their motion.Without such a deal, public defenders Daniel King and Tamara Brady said that an insanity defense virtually a lock. They've said repeatedly at prior hearings that Holmes, who dropped out of a University of Colorado neuroscience doctoral program after failing a final exam in May, suffers from mental illness. Holmes, 25, was undergoing psychiatric care before dropping out in May.In a response to the filing, Brauchler said that the plea offer was a "unusual and unprecedented" and done as a publicity ploy that violates Judge William Sylvester's standing gag order on the case.Legal experts say without a plea deal, an insanity defense may be Holmes' only legal recourse. At his January preliminary hearing, prosecutors presented seeming overwhelming evidence that showed Holmes methodically planning his July 20 attack at Aurora's Century 16 theater complex, buying an assault rifle, shotgun, two semi-automatic pistols, over 6,000 rounds of ammunition, bomb-making material and other gear for nearly two months prior to shootings.Photos from his cellphone showed he had staked out the rear of the theater and exit doors before the shootings. Aurora police arrested Holmes in the rear of the theater parking lot minutes after the shootings.
Such a waste of time and money. Take him out back and put a bullet in his head
Like I don't disagree that he should die, but he's crazy, right? And we (as a country) don't believe in capital punishment for the insane, right? But we do when it's convenient, right?
Ok, I guess baby steps. He's insane, right? I think that's pretty evident.
Insanity in the eyes of the law is different than what most people would consider insane. Clearly this Holmes character is mentally unstable, but all the planning and thought that he put into the act shows he was not insane in the eyes of the law. Essentially it shows he understood the actions he was taking and appreciated what he was doing. There are several different insanity that different states use, but you get the gist of it.
I don't see how a Christian Nation could be OK with killing people.
Quote from: GCJayhawker on April 01, 2013, 11:11:25 AMInsanity in the eyes of the law is different than what most people would consider insane. Clearly this Holmes character is mentally unstable, but all the planning and thought that he put into the act shows he was not insane in the eyes of the law. Essentially it shows he understood the actions he was taking and appreciated what he was doing. There are several different insanity that different states use, but you get the gist of it.Do you think killing him has any deterrent value? Most of these guys off themselves anyway. A lifetime in a lab being poked and prodded might be more punitive.
Quote from: Emo EMAW on April 01, 2013, 10:51:58 AMLike I don't disagree that he should die, but he's crazy, right? And we (as a country) don't believe in capital punishment for the insane, right? But we do when it's convenient, right?I don't think we should every use capital punishment.
