Judge orders arraignment for Colorado theater shooting suspect over lawyers' plea for delay

Bill Robles / AP

This courtroom sketch shows James Holmes being escorted by a deputy as he arrives at preliminary hearing in district court in Centennial, Colo., on Monday.

James Holmes, accused of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others at a Colorado movie theater last year, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday after a judge ruled that there was enough evidence to take him to trial.


Earlier in the day, lawyers for Holmes, 25, a former graduate student at the University of Colorado-Denver, asked Arapahoe County Chief District Judge William Sylvester to delay an arraignment, saying Holmes wasn't ready to enter a plea. They gave no reason.

In an order filed late Thursday, Sylvester said he was convinced that prosecutors had established probable cause and ordered that a status hearing scheduled for Friday be converted to a formal arraignment. He ordered that Holmes continue to be held without bond on 166 felony counts, most of them murder and attempted murder.


The murder charges could carry the death penalty. Once Holmes is arraigned, prosecutors will have roughly two months to declare any intention to seek a capital sentence.

Sylvester noted the defense request and told prosecutors to come to court prepared to respond to what he said was a likely motion for a delay, however.

Scott Robinson, a prominent criminal defense attorney in Denver, said that was no surprise.

"It's not unusual for defense lawyers to want more time to prepare," Robinson said. "After all, the prosecution got a huge head start in the case."

The ruling came after three days during which prosecutors laid out some of their evidence against Holmes, who they said meticulously collected weapons and ammunition over many weeks before he went to the Century 16 Theater in Aurora on July 20 and opened fire on a sold-out audience for the premiere of the movie "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises."

They also described how they believe Holmes fiendishly booby-trapped his apartment, turning it into a bomb-filled death-trap for law enforcement.

The hearing closed Wednesday with prosecutors' showing Sylvester a photo, recovered from his cellphone, of Holmes smiling into the camera while gripping a semiautomatic handgun just six hours before the rampage.

"He didn't care who he killed or how many he killed, because he wanted to kill all of them," Arapahoe County Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Pearson said.

Holmes' attorneys offered little response, calling no witnesses of their own and cross-examining only a handful of the prosecution's witnesses. Holmes sat impassively during the three-day hearing, the dyed red hair he sported in pre-slaughter photos replaced by messy brown hair and a beard.

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Let the families of the murdered, the people of Colorado, United States and the world benefit from this murderer to die by lethal injection. All murderers are insane and all people who are against delivering this particular murderer to another place beyond life on this planet are more insane. I am tired of murderers being so precise in their planning and execution of humans only to claim they are insane. Let them be gone forever and in a fast track process.

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#1 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:17 PM EST

The defense wants to delay things so they can continue building their case for an insanity plea. It is time to get this trial started so that it can end and the victims and their families can get some closure. Until this trial is over and done with the people effected by this lunatics actions can not really start to heal.

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#1.1 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:08 PM EST

Let us hope he pleads guility,, save the tax payer money.. They will just give him life and then the taxpayer will really pay!!!!

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#1.2 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:24 PM EST

This guy bought his movie ticket days in advance showing premeditation and chose to forgo movie theaters closer to his home in favor of a theater, that unlike others in the area, restricts the carrying of legal gunowners so the body count would be higher. We're debating on taking the rights of legal gun owners away when we should be sending a message to potential POS's like this guy that if you survive committing an atrocity like this, you would surely be executed in a similar fashion to pay for the crime.

Also, going forward, the media should be limited as to what information about the perp. is released to the public. They should not become "somebody" as a result of such reprehensible behavior.

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#1.3 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:47 PM EST

He is mentally ill which means that he was insane at the time.We as a civilized society do not put mentally ill people to death.It seems that nothing has been learned by reading some of these posts.If you would read up on mental illness maybe you would spend the time advocating for mental health care so that this will not happen again.We need a solution not a hateful wanting to see him die.

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#1.4 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:49 PM EST

Well, you see...even if he pleads insanity...he will be institutionalized for the rest of his life. They might let him out on a short leash when he is an elderly man if he has been good, but no matter what we are never going to bump into him in the grocery store. So I'd rather him not get the death penalty. I'd rather have him and people like him suffer for the rest of their lives. Death is no punishment...living in a straight jacket or a prison cell for the next 50 years is. Yeah it sucks that the tax payers have to pay for it, but I think this is a case when it is worth every penny.

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#1.5 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:58 PM EST

Complete Bull$#!t. This guy is a cold calculating murderer who doesn't deserve any sympathy. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. YOU can pay to keep him institutionalized for the rest of his life. His many victims are lying cold in the ground.

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#1.6 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:00 PM EST

Put the needle to him and get rid of him!! Elimate all these Idiots that does these worthless killings. And you, just a cleaning lady is just as CRAZY and scary.

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#1.7 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:09 PM EST

The sad part of all of this is..... Death. at what point will we all as human beings look in the mirror to see how as a race we can create someone who could do this. I pray everyday for the great one to help those who are in peril and to lead them out of darkness and guide them. I will not cast the first stone... Very SAD AND WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT!!!!! LOOK AROUND..... WE ARE LOOSING IT.... WE ARE FALLING OUT OF HIS GRACE.. HOW CAN WE NOW KILL KIDS????? WHOM OR WHO HAVE WE BECOME..... HISTORY IS REPEATING IT'S SELF....

    #1.8 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:12 PM EST

    I don't believe this. A judge decided there was enough evidence for the orange haired Joker to stand trial. Who would have thunk it? Only took six months. Damn.

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    #1.9 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:35 PM EST

    Amen! This murderous ass isn't insane to the point of not knowing what he was doing! How about frying all murder's and stop these liberal lawyers from filling up our court system with appeals! Fry them within one year once it is FACT that they did it! And I think the "Cleaning lady" ought to keep cleaning and shut the &^%$ up" She's the reason these ass keep doing what they do! Stupid Bleeding heart Liberals"

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    #1.10 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:31 AM EST

    CLEANING LADY

    And I think you the"Cleaning lady" ought to keep cleaning and shut the &^%$ up" You're the reason these ass's keep doing what they do! They know ass's like youy will defend them!

    Stupid Bleeding heart Liberals"

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    #1.11 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:36 AM EST

    He may be mentally ill, but often that is a concurrent and not a causal aspect of a crime. He cleary planned this, which shows he has the ability to think clearly enough to organize a intricate plan and implement it. The reasons behind it may be based in delusions or madness, but does not mean he does not know right from wrong or is too ill to be held accountable.

    I believe our country needs a better mental health system and a better understanding of mental illness. However, we also should not excuse crimes committed by those with socio-pathic or antisocial behaviors or personality disorders; by defintion and diagnosis clinical treatment shy of severe sedation and structure/supervision will not improve the signs and symptoms for those individuals or deter their destructive behaviors. There has to be a better way to assess, treat and deter or detain for the safety of the individual and community.

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    #1.12 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:37 AM EST

    He is obviously insane, but that should not be a reason stall the death sentence.

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    #1.13 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:54 AM EST

    Sign this petition on https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/enact-legislation-will-provide-mental-health-assessments-people-currently-owning-guns/ZDmYD9M1

    Enact legislation that will provide mental health assessments for people currently
    owning guns. While background checks need to be mandatory for all purchasers we need a mechanism to
    address the problem of current gun owners or people residing with them who may have slipped into mental illness. There should be a way for family, law enforcement, neighbors, and other concerned citizens to request an evaluation. If the person is found to be mentally ill by a competent mental health professional, a legal hearing should commence to adjudicate the removal of the guns and that name be placed on the registry to prevent further purchases.

      #1.14 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:22 AM EST

      OK... How are you gonna round up all the posse of the MS-13, Bloods, Crips, etc. and brain-scan them? Any ideas? Is that you Joe? Mr Biden, is that you??

      Oh, I get it... It's law abiding citizens that are the problem, I see... Unrealistic and stupid suggestion you've made.

        #1.15 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:04 AM EST

        Sure the Lawyers want to take longer, after all the longer it takes the more $$$$$ they can rake in..... Capital Punishment means nothing unless carried out in a Timely Manner.....

          #1.16 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:29 AM EST

          Personally, whether in prison or in a hospital, I think spending the rest of my life locked up and not allowed to make decisions for myself, what room I occupy at any given time, what I do, what I eat, when I eat, where I eat, who I eat with, where I go, what medicine I take, how much time I spend out doors, what I can see of the landscape, if any, when I sleep, where I sleep, never a cold beer on a hot day or a sip of cognac on a cold night, and worst of all--who my "roommate" is, etc. (no wait, worst of all is never again having intimacy with a woman!) and knowing this will never change would be worse than knowing exactly when I will die--by a relatively painless method (injection that "puts me to sleep").

          The rest of my life is a long time, even if the rest of my life is only one day.

            #1.17 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:14 AM EST

            Hmm sounds like once again the Strange and Mysterious "Sweeping it all under the table with a Plea" without our EVER knowing the truth about what the witnesses claim was "Multiple Assailants!

            Here's a Reality Check....Full Disclosure: CO, WI, CT shootings.. Are These The Work of "Lone Wolf" Gun...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZPS7AdgNgE

            The Corroborate Corrupted Politicians are now using these kinds of "Minor Atrocities" to rob US of our Right To Bear Arms and to Disarm America....There needs to be a Full Disclosure of ALL OF THE FACTS in these cases before ANY further action is taken against OUR Second Amendment by Wall Street!

            Remember we are talking about acknowledged Corporate Owned & Corrupted Politicians here so how can any honest American trust them when they refuse to provide any evidence other a few "Police" Statements & Rumors and nothing else.

            This is starting to sound like USA bin NOBODY did it!

            "The Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms." – Samuel Adams

              #1.18 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:34 AM EST
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              I was discussing this terrible tragedy with a co-worker yesterday and both of us were referring to holmes as "the Aurora killer", "the nutjob in Colorado", some other names and it occurred to us...we can't remember his name. The deed comes through loud and clear but the name??? Pretty much dropped from memory and our discussion took a turn with the realization that these people committing these hideous crimes are forgotten. The crime is certainly remembered but the perps??? Nothing more than a page on Wikipedia.

              He was a smart guy. Too bad he couldn't have become famous the old-fashioned way by doing good for humanity. Then he would have become someone worth remembering.

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              Reply#2 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:42 PM EST

              I love that, enough to take him to trail.. Hell it's enough to take him on to the chair in my book, why waste anymore money ...

              • 4 votes
              Reply#3 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:42 PM EST

              Is this thread going to be about the death penalty? Killing an incapacitated unarmed man is uncivilized. Is that not the same crime that was committed?

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              Reply#4 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:44 PM EST

              to wrongs make a right in this case.

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              #4.1 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:54 PM EST

              No Morris the shooter had a choice. The victims did not. totally different

              He made a bad choice. We should show him how much that was worth.

              If your afraid of the death penalty don't worry I'll hold your hand

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              #4.2 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:42 PM EST

              Listening to these Bleeding Heart Liberals makes me want to throw up! MORRIS_SAYS and R Battle.

              If you don't know the difference between Murder and Justice I say you idiots ought to stop and look at someone you love and think about some ass like this ass killing them. What are you going to do brush their teeth for them and tell them they're a really a good person? Execute the SOB and let every other murderer in this country know that if you murder you will die! Justice .....Not Revenge.....But JUSTICE!! Can you get that in your insane Liberal Insane mind! And R Battle it's TWO not TO!! It ain't wrong!!

                #4.3 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:41 AM EST

                his life should be taken for the good of the country. As I read above he was sane enough to plan the murders so he should be sane enough to suffer drastically for his actions. Lets put him in a dark room and let the families take shots at him he could even run around like a little rat or even better sale tickets for 500 dollars and let the public in on the revenge then donate the money to the families. I don't think he is insane just looking for fame and a movie about what he did

                  #4.4 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:32 AM EST

                  your correct james,im aware of the correct spelling of the word "two" a quick typing mistake on my part. what you are wrong about is my statement.if you reread it you might catch that i am all for his death, in any way,shape or form.TWO wrongs (according to morris) DO make a right (according to me).get it now?

                    #4.5 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:09 PM EST

                    Hmm besides being found dazed or high "OUTSIDE" of the Theater what "Proof" has the Government actually provided that Holmes was the only perpetrator involved?

                    More than one of witnesses claim he was sitting in the Audience and opened the Fire Escape door after receiving a "Phone Call"? Suddenly all H@ll breaks loose then magically there he is outside waiting for the Police as claim as a Mental Patient on Thorazine!

                    His apartment? Hmm the "Police" released a Film of the Outside of his Apartment where they blew up a "Bomb" after claiming Holmes had "Soaked" the Carpet in Gasoline???

                    Nonsense or that "Blast" would set that place ablaze instantly so once again "Somebody" is lying.

                    If these Corporate owned Politicians want to use these "Atrocities" to Disarm America they need to be very up front and factual. Instead they are once again releasing just about the same amount of evidence as they did with bin NOBODY which is NOTHING!

                    Trust us we are from the Government"....Ya Right!

                    “Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined…The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.” – Patrick Henry

                      #4.6 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:12 PM EST
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                      This person has some sort of personality disorder but knows what he is doing. Also as a psychology student he knows what to do to get the maximum chance to be judged insane.

                      I think worthy of the death penalty. Otherwise he got away with murder.

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                      Reply#5 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:07 PM EST

                      David,Actually he did not know what he was doing.Schizophrenics hear voices and that is what led him to commit this unspeakable crime.He is ill and should be committed to a mental health facility for life.I am a death penalty advocate but not when it is applied to the mentally ill or mentally challenged.

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                      #5.1 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:52 PM EST

                      Why? So they can escape or be deemed "all well" and go free?

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                      #5.2 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:02 PM EST

                      Please provide the research you have obviously done to reach this conclusion.

                      We're all sure you're not just talking out your backside, or repeating unrealistic memes you learned from movies and TV.

                      Your research now, please.

                        #5.3 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:35 PM EST

                        DEAR JUST A CLEANING LADY:

                        What a joke. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder back in 2002.

                        Do I hear voices? YES. THEY ARE CALLED DEMONS.

                        Do they tell me to hurt others? YES, THEY DO.

                        Do I hurt others? NO, I DON’T.

                        WHY?

                        Because I know better. It’s called having a CONSCIENCE. This FOOL has NO CONSCIENCE. That’s not called “schizophrenia”. It’s called “SOCIOPATHIC”.

                        People like you, “cleaninglady”, often listen to what T.V. *portrays* serial killers as…. “psychotic”… do you know what “psychotic” means? Visual and audio hallucinations. Psychosis. I’ve had them the biggest part of my life. Of course I’ve been in therapy since I was 15, which is where this dummy should have been since he was born.

                        I do NOT want to hear people blame schizophrenia for the evil that demons like him do. To me, his problem goes BEYOND schizophrenia.

                        People, wise up. And quit getting all your symptoms of mental illnesses from t.v. and movies.

                        If I were to kill someone, I’d EXPECT the death penalty. God says it’s wrong, and I do too. It don’t matter if you’re mentally ill or not. God did NOT say, ‘Thou shalt not kill unless you’re brain has a disorder or disease, then it’s okay’.

                        NO.

                        He said ‘THOU SHALT NOT KILL’. Plain and simple.

                        For you who are still confused, it means don’t kill yourself too!!!

                        I have had devils in me; before my awakening this past September harvest, I was very evil even to my loved ones. But I was tired of the misery and being commanded by evil beings. YES, they DO exist.

                        Call me ‘off my rocker’ but anyone who wants to pat the hand of a cold-blooded premeditated murderer and tell him it’s okay to kill because he’s mentally ill, you deserve prison as well.

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                        #5.4 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:01 AM EST

                        Friend2468.......Couldn't have said it better! Schizoid comes in many degrees' and this ass wasn't and
                        isn't schizoid, he's evil plain and simple. He planned the killings too well CLEANING LADY and by-passed theatres that he knew people might have had weapons. He planted bombs around the theatre and his home and I believe he at first intended on killing himself but because he’s a coward when that moment came for him to kill himself he chickened out! And one more thing! If you've seen him on TV with that Blank Stare ...Well Cleaning Lady, It is Contrived, False and any psychiatrists looking at him knows that he's is trying to look crazy and they know that crazy people don't give a look like this. It's phony and you're too naive to recognize it.

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                        #5.5 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:56 AM EST

                        Cleaning Hag... He knew what he was doing. Point is here. Look at what he did with his apartment leading up to the night of his murder-spree.

                        For someone who did not know what they were doing, he sure took the time to do some rather crafty rigging and booby-trapping for PD personnel and investigators he hoped to kill and maim when they came to his apartment.

                        He knew, he knew...

                          #5.6 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:14 AM EST

                          wahoo69 "What" did Holmes do to his apartment and where did you get your information? I know the Corporate Controlled Media claimed he "Doused" everything with Gasoline and yet when the film was released of the Police supposedly "Blowing Up" his Booby Traps there wasn't ANY Flame?

                          abcnews.go.com2 days ago – ... accused Aurora gunman James Holmes in his apartment, the loopy ... One officer, King said, noted in a report that Holmes began moving his hands "in ... A gasoline-soaked carpet ...... Watch it if you don't believe.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBZgGHLiCqE

                          Now I ask you "How" is that Possible and since it isn't why should we believe any more of the Governments potential lies without proof?

                          America demand a FULL Investigation and release of all of the Evidence as part of ANY Plea Deal since the Provably Corrupt Politicians are using these kinds of Atrocities to attempt to Disarm America for the Corporate Oligarchs on Wall Street!

                          To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them. – George Mason

                            #5.7 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:02 PM EST

                            Where did all you people get your psychology degrees? I'm curious.

                            Who told you that being insane means you can't plan? Do you think that being insane always and only means you're little more than a gibbering idiot, lying on the floor in a pool of your own fluids? I need evidence from what I'm sure is your years of research that the ability to make plans is a certain sign of a properly functioning mind.

                            Demons do not exist. Hearing voices doesn't provide evidence of mythological beings. It provides evidence of a brain in crisis, that's malfunctioning. The brain is a hugely complex organ, and defect in one area doesn't mean the entire mind ceases to perform its other functions. This person is highly intelligent (more so than most of you), so a defect in one area of his brain doesn't mean his high intellect was rendered inoperable.

                            Let me make it very plain: The ability to make plans of varying complexity is in no way indicative of sanity. Being insane does not specifically, invariably, or necessarily impair your complex, upper-order thinking skills to the point of incapacity.

                            An insane person can still easily be capable of making complex plans.

                            Had you all just not considered that, for even a moment?

                              #5.8 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:05 PM EST
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                              I think that this trial should be moved out of the state of Colorado.Emotions are running high as is to be expected but this young mans is mentally ill.People want revenge and are not interested in addressing the fact that this guy is schizophrenic.

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                              Reply#6 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:47 PM EST

                              ok hes schizo, kill him.

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                              #6.1 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:57 PM EST

                              I have an idea cleaning lady.. Bring him to Texas to be tried!!

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                              #6.2 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:06 AM EST

                              CLEANING LADY...................Schizoid comes in many degrees' and this ass wasn't and
                              isn't schizoid, he's evil plain and simple. He planned the killings too well CLEANING LADY and by-passed theatres that he knew people might have had weapons. He planted bombs around the theatre and his home and I believe he at first intended on killing himself but because he’s a coward when that moment came for him to kill himself he chickened out! And one more thing! If you've seen him on TV with that Blank Stare ...Well Cleaning Lady, It is Contrived, False and any psychiatrists looking at him knows that he's is trying to look crazy and they know that crazy people don't give a look like this. It's phony and you're too naive to recognize it.

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                              #6.3 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:57 AM EST

                              If one of your relations or friends were butchered by this POS you'd be singing a different tune... A-typical liberal response.

                                #6.4 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:17 AM EST

                                it wouldn't make any difference where the trial is held. The media made it possible for the entire country and beyond to agree this pos should die. what is wrong with people like yourself. At least let the people in Colorado feel justice has been served by it's citizens

                                  #6.5 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:41 AM EST
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                                  Give him the death penalty. He murdered 12 people and wounded 70 others. How can anybody have a problem with getting rid of him?

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                                  Reply#7 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:53 PM EST

                                  Liberals ANGUISH over the "morality" of the death penalty.

                                  Liberalism is a mental disorder. Go figure.

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                                  #7.1 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:05 PM EST

                                  hey starguy. I'm pretty liberal. I'm also all for taking this thing out back, tying him to a stick and lighting it on fire.

                                  I'm also for doing that to all the conservatives who bombed abortion clinics.

                                  I'm for doing it to the jack ass who shot up Aurora recently.

                                  I am a firm believer that if you take innocent life, then your life is forfeit.
                                  I believe in reality.

                                  Here's a little reality for you:

                                  Sectarianism is a mental disorder. Only when you have the brainpower to not categorize people as liberal, conservative, bible thumper, athiest, muslim, black, white, asian, door to door salesman, burden on society... aka most of the people who "work" on Capitol Hill- will you be in any place to judge others. But, you probably won't care to at that point, because you will have risen above it.

                                  Since you're a conservative I will assume you're probably a pseudo bible thumper. Your Jesus taught mercy. Your Jesus taught tolerance. Your Jesus today would far more identify with Karl Marx, than he would with the United States of America. Yeah, Jesus was essentially a socialist.

                                  While I would love to fry this boy, and dance in his ashes, the reality is that there is a legal system in place for a very good reason. To take that away from him... even if he is a worthless puddle of skin, bones and meat... is the first step in taking that from the rest of us.

                                  And I don't know about you, but I happen to love my freedom.

                                  And for the record... I might have diverged from the subject a little. Oops.

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                                  #7.2 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:42 PM EST

                                  thatshortman....Most Liberals don't think this way! They believe in "Restorative Justice" which calls for the early release of criminals into the public. Google Restorative Justice and see what it's about,and its a Social Liberal Idealism!

                                    #7.3 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:58 AM EST

                                    @jamesv - here's another "free thinking" liberal for you. I don't know why people have to categorize others into groups that can never think outside the chosen box, that if they lean left they always think left, lean right they always think right. I do pretty much agree with what thatshortman says.

                                    Here's something just for you from a liberal:

                                    Ode for a Red Haired Killer

                                    He looks like a madman

                                    On this we agree

                                    But IS he a madman

                                    Just wait and we'll see

                                    Life in prison just doesn't seem fair

                                    No, the people he killed don't want him there

                                    A dirty needle, a sharp razor blade

                                    A new length of rope or spiked Kool-Aid

                                    An electical charge with zillions of volts

                                    Now that would be justice, let's count up the votes.

                                    Thank you and goodnight from a liberal.

                                      #7.4 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:29 AM EST

                                      bigdogmom1...Actually
                                      I should have said Social Liberal not Liberal. There is a difference and in actuality I'm a Classic Liberal, Small Government freedom and liberty are the trademarks of a true liberal. Today’s Social Liberal are Far Left Socialist and Further Left Marxist! Not everyone in these groups lean the same, on some
                                      issues they may lean closer right and vis-à-vis. It’s all semantics isn't it? Thanks for the feedback!

                                        #7.5 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:00 AM EST

                                        Ah yes once again "Hang em high" crowd spews forth and shouts forget any potential evidence. We know what the truth is don't cornfuse us with facts!

                                        Ever noticed instead of releasing the Theater Surveillance Videos they just want US to "Sweep it all under the rug" and these Corporate Supporting Posters come out in "Swarms" to support this UN American Nonsense?

                                        Just like with USA bin NOBODY if you want to use these "Atrocities" against the 2nd Amendment you had better be able to disprove the Witnesses claims and prove that this was NOT another "False Flag" Stage Event! Far too many Americans no longer trust the Wall Street Media and Corporate Government to tell US the truth!

                                        We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists. - Patrick Henry

                                          #7.6 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:29 PM EST
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                                          These coward azz killers need to be thrown into a garbage truck.... that would be their hearse and one truck funeral. Compact them down like the small person that they are. Taken to a dump ( their own cemetary) and covered with tons of garbage and $hit. And forget they ever existed. Especially the child killers.

                                            Reply#8 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:55 PM EST

                                            Get this over with...give those poor families closure....don't let this monster live

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                                            Reply#9 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:56 PM EST

                                            He is not insane. He is an evil being with very precise planning and premeditation. Kill this life ASAP!!! No one deserves a trial when do such a thing to strangers.

                                            • 2 votes
                                            Reply#10 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:57 PM EST

                                            Its like a biting dog you can never trust them again...put him down he is a menace to society!!!

                                            • 1 vote
                                            Reply#11 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:03 PM EST

                                            This monster is not insane! He planned this horrific rampage and knew exactly what he was doing. Further, his lawyers want a delay because he isn't "prepared" to plea to charges?? What has he been doing for the past 6 months?? Watching TV and reading cartoons?? No need to delay the process...the criminal justice system is ready to adjudicate this crime...Every time a monster strikes people want to say that he or she is "insane"...people, read the laws regarding insanity defenses....

                                              Reply#12 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:08 PM EST

                                              Put this @!$%#in idiot down. I dont know what the debate is about. Is there any doubt that he is the one that commited the crime. COMMON! im tired of these trials that are drug on.

                                                Reply#13 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:08 PM EST

                                                This young man is now beyond help by mental health personal...You see his actions in court..He can never have a life anywhere near normal.. and is a danger to society all together.. And while I do not believe this so for every person there are those who just cannot ever be capable of understanding..And he is one..He's totally beyond comprehending now from what I read. In this case I might believe it is more humane to put him out of his misery...

                                                My biggest question would be why didn't the school psych he saw alert authorities of his condition.??.As well as the parents that seemed to have know of their son's mental illness ??..Where were all these people who know this was a great possibility.??..Why are they not being held as part of the problem??...Do they get to walk free ??...Are they not part or a big part of the problem? since their intervention could have stop this from happening in the first place.

                                                  Reply#14 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:11 PM EST

                                                  George Anne,

                                                  Just try in our system to get help for a mentally ill child or adult...Its a joke that why. There is no help to be had even if you try.

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                                                  #14.1 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:59 AM EST
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                                                  put this @!$%#in idiot down. im tired of attorneys waisting time with people that are guilty. is there evidence that he didnt commit the crime? Hes insane?? @!$%# THAT! all killers are insane! ugh.....

                                                    Reply#15 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:12 PM EST

                                                    You don't think that these shootings are connected?

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                                                    Reply#16 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:17 PM EST

                                                    He needs to die on July 20th 2013 in the same act as he carried out … by the family member’s ! No gun Control here !!!

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                                                    Reply#17 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:21 PM EST

                                                    Put the NEEDLE TO HIM and all the rest that does this kind of things to the human race. So sad we have these kind of people in todays sociaty. Why give them life when they are not worth having people like this in the human race. And you cleaning lady , is just as crazy.

                                                      Reply#18 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:23 PM EST

                                                      Just take him out back and put a bullet in his head.Or throw a rope over a tree limb and hang him high.

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                                                      Reply#19 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:26 PM EST

                                                      I've almost forgot this guy's name already, just like I forgot the guy who killed the people in Connecticut, the idiot that killed John Lennon, what's his name who tried to kill Reagan, that crazy guy behind Sharon Tate's murder, We should remember the great people who are gone but forget their assassins. In fact, take that guy who killed Lincoln out of history books too.

                                                        Reply#20 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:28 PM EST

                                                        I don't know Danny - I remember them all - Holmes, Landis, Chapman, Hinkley, Manson. And except for Landis they all lived to tell the tale.

                                                          #20.1 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:40 AM EST
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                                                          Wonder how much it cost the taxpayers of Colorado for the court to reach this startling conclusion?

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                                                          Reply#21 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:30 PM EST

                                                          This doesn't happen in China. Not because of their gun laws, but because people like James would have been executed already. But instead in the U.S.,James is enjoying 3 meals a day, a bed to himself since he's in protective custody, access to a gym, courtyard to play sports, and probably HBO. The only real punishment is that he can't do any of the above on his own schedule.

                                                          I would say lets just kill the guy, but the anti-capital punishment geniuses will try to convince me why James' existence is necessary.

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                                                          Reply#22 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:34 PM EST

                                                          Once again if you ask for the "Facts" and not Rumors...Out Pops the Corporate Trolls with their petty insult and psychobabble and "Hang em High" nonsense!

                                                          Why are they so afraid of our knowing the truth? The Aurora CO "Lone Wolf" Shooting story is provable folks there are Surveillance Video's of the Outside of the Theater...Just show Holmes going to his car getting his "Body Armor On and taking his Guns back inside!

                                                          As was the Sikh Temple Tapes and the Newtown School shooting tapes which y the way show two other Mysterious persons running through the woods.

                                                          But remember just like bin NOBODY if your release a "Fake Tape" there are those out here who will tear it to shreds!

                                                          "We only want the facts Ma'am Just the facts"~ Joe Friday!

                                                            #22.1 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:43 PM EST
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                                                            xxxx

                                                              Reply#23 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:36 PM EST
                                                              Comment author avatarDakota Calhoonvia Facebook

                                                              so sorry, my heart goes out to you buddy. you are being used by the US government as a guinea pig. it's becoming all too clear. The FEMA concentration camps have been established throughout the country. As soon as we have a gun amnesty who knows what will happen next as they progress toward martial law. This is not hype, this is real... To find a FEMA camp closest to you go to http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1062

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                                                              Reply#24 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:38 PM EST

                                                              Are you retarded?

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                                                              #24.1 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:46 PM EST

                                                              Dakota, please use Google Earth to reveal the so-called FEMA concentration camps. Please link your findings here. If they exist all over the country, surely you can show us just one and verify accurately what it is.

                                                              Can't you?

                                                              Oh, never mind. Go suck at Alex Jones' tit a while longer.

                                                                #24.2 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:09 PM EST
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                                                                he should not get a trail,just sentence him to death and be done with it.He is worthy of death.

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                                                                Reply#25 - Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:57 PM EST

                                                                @Grand - sorry, but I can't get behind you on this. All Americans are guaranteed a trial by a jury of their peers, whether they are worthy or not.

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                                                                #25.1 - Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:44 AM EST
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