Attorneys in the trial of James Holmes, who opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. in 2012, make their final appeals to the jury.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 7 hours ago.
Was Aurora gunman legally sane? Lawyers make closing arguments.
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Defense rests in Aurora theater shooting trial
The defense is making final arguments in the murder trial for accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes
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Aurora gunman James Holmes 'sane' prosecutor told jurors
James Holmes was legally sane when he entered a movie theater intent on killing, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in closing arguments.
Reported by NY Daily News 6 hours ago.
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'Batman' massacre trial hinges on gunman's sanity
Centennial (United States) (AFP) - Jurors will begin deliberating Wednesday whether accused "Batman" theater gunman James Holmes was sane when he cold-bloodedly opened fire on a packed Colorado cinema three years ago.In closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over whose psychiatric experts assessed Holmes mental state correctly.
The troubled 27-year-old's defense team insisted he should be found not guilty due to insanity over the July 2012 shootings, which killed 12 theatergoers and injured 70 others in Aurora just outside Denver.
"We can't separate the mental illness from him or this crime because the mental illness is the sole reason this occurred," lead public defender Dan King told the jury.
Wrapping up the two-and-a-half month trial, prosecutor George Brauchler ran through a blow-by-blow account of the massacre, which stunned America and reignited the country's perennial debate about gun control.
Referring to the 400 people in the theater, he said: "They came in hoping to see a story of a hero dressed in black, someone who would fight insurmountable odds in the name of justice and trying to protect others.
"Instead a different figure appeared by the screen dressed all in black. And he came there with one thing in his heart and in his mind -- and that was mass murder," the prosecutor said.
Holmes has been in custody since he was arrested outside the crowded midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" on July 20, 2012.
He faces two counts of murder or attempted murder for each of the 82 victims.
Defense lawyer King said: "The fact of the matter is that when Mr Holmes stepped into that theater... he had lost touch with reality.
"You cannot divorce the mental illness from this case, or from Mr Holmes," he said.
"The mental illness caused this to happen. Only the mental illness caused this to happen, and nothing else."
Brauchler, however, urged the court to "reject this claim that he didn't know right from wrong... That guy was sane beyond a reasonable doubt, and he needs to be held accountable for what he did."
Simply having a mental illness does not make a defendant insane under Colorado law, Brauchler said.
What matters, he said, is "if he knows what society thinks is right or wrong."
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Defense attorneys did not contest what happened in the massacre where Holmes lobbed smoke bomb-type devices into the theater and randomly fired weapons including an AR-15 military-style rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a .40 caliber pistol.
His apartment was later found to be booby-trapped with an array of homemade explosive devices, which police had to disarm before entering the dwelling.
The 49-day-long trial included weeks of grisly evidence and testimony from more than 250 witnesses.
The jury also was shown hours of videotaped interviews of Holmes by psychiatrists for the state.
Both they and two defense psychiatrists agreed the defendant struggled with mental illness.
The state's psychiatrists, however, maintained that Holmes was sane when he carried out the rampage.
Defense attorneys contended that Holmes' belief that killing people would enhance his self-worth is indicative of the profoundly delusional mental illness that barred him from telling right from wrong.
During the trial, five jurors were dismissed for various reasons from the panel of 24 jurors and alternates selected to hear the case.
Before the jury was dismissed Tuesday evening, Judge Carlos Samour named the 12 jurors who will deliberate in this portion of the trial.
If Holmes is found guilty, the alternates will be recalled to hear the arguments supporting a penalty. A second jury panel of 12 would then be picked to decide a punishment.
The punishment phase of the trial could last the rest of the summer, Samour has told the jury.
If Holmes is found not guilty by reason of insanity, he will be confined to a state mental hospital.
To win a release, he would have to be found free of mental illness and no longer a danger to himself or to others.
Under Colorado law, he could not be retried for the criminal offenses at that time.
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Aurora theater shooting trial timeline of events
Take a look back at some of the biggest moments surrounding the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting and the trial for the suspect, James Holmes.
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Was Aurora gunman legally sane? Case goes to jurors. (+video)
Attorneys in the trial of James Holmes, who opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. in 2012, make their final appeals to the jury.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 20 hours ago.
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Aurora shooting: James Holmes' fate in jury's hands after closing arguments
Both the prosecution and the defense offered forceful cases centered on mental illness as victims’ families prepared for a verdict: ‘Now the grieving can begin’
Three years ago, during a midnight screening of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, it took James Holmes just 90 seconds to fire 76 rounds in a crowded Aurora movie theater. On Tuesday, in a courthouse just a few miles away from that Colorado city, it took Judge Carlos Samour Jr far longer than that to read out the names of the 12 people Holmes killed and the 70 he injured that night.
Some of those victims and many of their family members were in the public area on Tuesday, listening mostly in silence as Samour instructed jurors on the charges against Holmes for perpetrating the July 2012 massacre. The prosecution and defense laid out their closing arguments, before handing over Holmes’ fate to the jury. Their deliberations are scheduled to begin on Wednesday morning.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 18 hours ago.
Three years ago, during a midnight screening of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, it took James Holmes just 90 seconds to fire 76 rounds in a crowded Aurora movie theater. On Tuesday, in a courthouse just a few miles away from that Colorado city, it took Judge Carlos Samour Jr far longer than that to read out the names of the 12 people Holmes killed and the 70 he injured that night.
Some of those victims and many of their family members were in the public area on Tuesday, listening mostly in silence as Samour instructed jurors on the charges against Holmes for perpetrating the July 2012 massacre. The prosecution and defense laid out their closing arguments, before handing over Holmes’ fate to the jury. Their deliberations are scheduled to begin on Wednesday morning.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 18 hours ago.
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VERDICT TRACKER: Aurora theater shooting trial
Stay tuned here for the verdict of the Aurora theater shooting trial.
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WATCH LIVE: James Holmes Murder Trial — Jury Watch
Opening statements in the murder trial of *James Holmes*, who is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others when he fired upon the crowd of moviegoers at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado on July 20, 2012.
Reported by Mediaite 16 hours ago.
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Live Nation Renames The Chicago Region's Premiere Live Music Venue Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
CHICAGO, July 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation Entertainment and Hollywood Casino of Aurora and Joliet today announced a multi-year agreement to name the Chicago metropolitan area's largest outdoor amphitheater Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. "We are excited to connect two...
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Jury begins deliberating in Aurora movie theater shooting trial
The Colorado jury asked to determine whether to convict the gunman who opened fire inside an Aurora movie theater in 2012 — killing a dozen people and wounding scores more — has spent weeks listening to emotional, fraught testimony, learning about evidence and hearing victims recount the horror they endured.
Reported by Washington Post 12 hours ago.
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Jury deliberations begin in James Holmes trial. Will insanity plea prevail?
Jury deliberations begin in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater murder trial. If the jury accepts defendant James Holmes's insanity plea, Holmes will be sentenced to life in prison instead of death.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 15 hours ago.
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Aurora's CentrePoint Plaza to close at 1 p.m. for safety exercise
CentrePoint Plaza in Aurora will be closed beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday for a public safety preparedness exercise.
Reported by Denver Post 15 hours ago.
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Aurora Diagnostics Acquires Texas Hospital Pathology Practices
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aurora Diagnostics announced today that it has acquired two hospital-based practices of Brazos Valley Pathology, PLLC that provide extensive pathology services to several hospitals in Texas. The practices, Brazos Valley Pathology, based in Bryan/College Station, and Trinity Pathology Associates, based in Tyler, provide professional pathology services to a number of hospitals, including St. Joseph Health System, College Station Medical Center and Trinity Mother Fr
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Theater shooting jurors end first day of deliberations without verdict
CENTENNIAL — The jurors deciding upon justice for the Aurora movie theater shooting include a grandmother, a store manager, a newcomer to the state and a survivor of the attack on
Reported by Denver Post 9 hours ago.
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Jury deliberations begin in James Holmes trial. Will insanity plea prevail? (+video)
Jury deliberations begin in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater murder trial. If the jury accepts defendant James Holmes's insanity plea, Holmes will be sentenced to life in prison instead of death.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 8 hours ago.
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James Holmes found guilty on all 24 first-degree murder counts in Aurora shooting
James Holmes was found guilty Thursday on all 24 counts of first-degree murder in the July 20, 2012 theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, which killed 12 people and injured 70 during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises
It may take judge 1.5 hours to read all 165 counts. 24 murder counts will be read first#theatertrial
— jeremyjojola (@jeremyjojola) July 16, 2015
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The jury deliberated for 12 hours over a day and a half to reach their verdict, following a nearly three-month trial at the Arapahoe County courthouse in Littleton, Colorado Read more...
More about Aurora, Shooting, Us World, Us, and James Holmes Reported by Mashable 11 hours ago.
It may take judge 1.5 hours to read all 165 counts. 24 murder counts will be read first#theatertrial
— jeremyjojola (@jeremyjojola) July 16, 2015
See also: Colorado Revamps Mental Health-Care System After Aurora Shooting
The jury deliberated for 12 hours over a day and a half to reach their verdict, following a nearly three-month trial at the Arapahoe County courthouse in Littleton, Colorado Read more...
More about Aurora, Shooting, Us World, Us, and James Holmes Reported by Mashable 11 hours ago.
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Jurors find James Holmes guilty of Aurora theater shooting
Jurors on Thursday announced their verdict in the case of James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado theater in three years ago.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 11 hours ago.
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James Holmes found guilty in movie theater massacre
A jury convicted James Holmes of first-degree murder in the 2012 movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, that left 12 people dead. CBS News correspondent Barry Petersen reports.
Reported by CBS News 10 hours ago.
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