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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…