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Judge allows James Holmes to plead insanity in Colorado shooting trial
A US judge ruled Monday that accused movie theater shooter James Holmes could plead not guilty by insanity, but said he would not yet formally accept the change of plea. Judge Carlos Samour set a new hearing for May 31 for Holmes, accused of killing 12 people in a Colorado…
James Holmes to plead not guilty by reason of insanity
The man accused of killing 12 people in a crowded US cinema last year, James Holmes, plans to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, according to court documents filed Tuesday by his attorneys. Holmes is accused over the July 20 massacre at a midnight screening of the Batman movie…
Prosecutors seek death penalty against Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes
Prosecutors in Arapahoe County, Colorado said in a hearing on Monday that they would seek the death penalty against mass shooting suspect James Holmes, ABC News reported. “For James Eagan Holmes, justice is death,” District Attorney George Brauchler said, after telling the court he had spoken to more than 800…
Guilty plea rejected for Colorado theater shooter James Holmes
US prosecutors rebuffed a reported offer by Colorado theater massacre suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for escaping the death penalty, legal documents showed. A prosecutors’ filing cited by the Denver Post and other media was scathing about a defense motion Wednesday which suggested a guilty plea in…
Colorado theater shooter may plead guilty to avoid death penalty
James Holmes, the suspected gunman in America’s Aurora theater massacre, could plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty, lawyers cited by local media said Wednesday. The 25-year-old is due in court Monday for a hearing at which prosecutors are expected to say whether they will seek the death…
Colorado theater shooter to face trial in August
A US judge entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday on behalf of alleged Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, and set an August date for him to stand trial over the horrific massacre. The 25-year-old’s lawyers said they were not yet ready to enter a plea at Holmes’s arraignment for…
‘Not guilty’: Judge enters plea for deadly shooting suspect James Holmes
CENTENNIAL, Colorado — A US judge entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of alleged Aurora theater gunman James Holmes on Tuesday, after his lawyers said they were not ready to enter a plea. The judge left it open for lawyers for the 25-year-old to enter a plea of…
Father of Aurora, Colorado massacre victim yells at gunman in courtroom: ‘Rot in hell!’
The father of a victim of the Colorado cinema massacre yelled “rot in hell!” at the alleged gunman on Friday, when a judge delayed officially charging him a day after ruling he stand trial. Four or five people walked out of court after judge William Sylvester postponed for two months…
Judge orders Colorado theater gunman to stand trial
A judge has ordered that alleged cinema gunman James Holmes stand trial over a massacre that killed 12 people in Colorado last July, court documents showed. Judge William Sylvester on Thursday found that prosecutors had established there was “probable cause” to believe the defendant committed the crimes, and ordered Holmes…
Aurora shooter’s defense to argue he is unfit for trial
Defense lawyers for the man accused of opening fire in a US theater in July, killing 12 and wounding dozens more, readied Wednesday to call witnesses in a bid to stop the case from going to trial. The preliminary hearing, which began on Monday, has been emotionally harrowing as relatives…
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