CO - James Holmes Trial - *Penalty Phase* #4 - LWOP

[MsJosie]

What's happening?!? I can't listen as I'm laying down with my two year old! I can't believe this is the last phase! Thank you so much to all the wonderful posters who have done tweets and kept us non listeners in the loop! And everyone else who shared opinions! I hope we have a resolution ASAP!

GB is talking about each of the victims and what will be remembered most about each person.

 

[Dogface]

Thanks, I would go over to twitter land but I'm so adhd that I get distracted and somehow always end up looking at pictures of puppies or arguing with a troll. I need websleuths to keep me on the straight and narrow path!

 

[Maisiebelle]

@thegoldpatrol: #theatershooting

Defense objects. Overruled

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Don’t ever go by what I tell you what the law is. Go with the law the judge gives you

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One of the things consider now you haven’t before are the victims/deceased. THEY didn’t pick him

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HE picked THEM. He chose the time and manner of their deaths. Does he get life for that?

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What will you remember about Alex Sullivan? His birthday when he died? Relationship with dad?

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He was the guy who jumped up for Superman, Or War Eagle?

@larryryckman: "... Does he get a life sentence for that?" Brauchler asks jurors in closing arguments. #theatershooting

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AJ Boik - this photo taken just before he shot him to death. The young love?

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Jessica Ghawi? The future taken from her. Pretty young woman wanting to be hockey announcer.

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Gordon Cowden - @ movies w. 2 daughters. He doted on them. What will you remember about him?

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He wasn’t the only parent. How about Rebecca Wingo. Those 2 young girls. She died where she sat

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Jonathan Blunk - dad of 2. Wanted them to be courageous and strong, or remember he died protecting

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Alex Teves, remember mom talking about loss of 1st born. Didn’t know until his death he sat With kid hurt in car accident every day for 2 mo.

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John Larimer - will you remember his interest in serving, dreams of being president

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His friends, at risk of their lives, tried to drag him out

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Jesse Childress - world traveler, son to loving mother. Sports fanatic settled for Ramen for tix



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[Maisiebelle]

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Micayla Medek - what her sister said or her death was a cruel twist of fate she moved seats?

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He shot her in the head.

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Matt McQuinn - is it he was a hard worker who couldn’t find work, going home to Ohio

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Or that Mr Wonderful is buried now. He had more bullet holes than anyone in that theater

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Veronica Moser Sullivan - forever 6, never made it to 1st grade. A mom who is lost.

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She used to be a mother, she’s not anymore. Four times, he shot her four times

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Remember in determine sentence that he came for them all w. 700 rounds
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Not just to shoot and kill them but to stop 1st responders to help them

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He stopped pulling the trigger only because the trigger stopped working. Is that a life sentence

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Remember he predicted a life sentence.

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Before he goes out to murder he changes 2 profiles online “Will you visit me in prison?"

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He predicted it and planned it. Not a mm of flesh exposed - he made sure 1 person would be guaranteed to survive



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[Maisiebelle]

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On July 20, 2012, he came in to do a mass murder. We were lucky the tear gas canister fumbled

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The apt that didn’t explode, the gun jamming. 1st responders - kept these 12 pix from 100’s

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911 call played with gunshots in background


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[kai]

Sneeze. "Bless you."

 

[Whiteorchids]

GB as always great closing.

 

[kai]

Oh boy, Brady already yelling. Yikes.

 

[Maisiebelle]

@thegoldpatrol: #theatershooting

We can appreciate the gravity of crime that took them from us and treat it appropriately

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You can’t get justice for the FAMILIES or the victims. You can bring justice to this act & to HIM
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For JH justice is death

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It’s death





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[Maisiebelle]

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Brady up

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I will tell you 1 thing Brauchler is right about - I will be emotional and passionate.

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The weight of JH life is in my hands until I hand it over to you. I will not apologize

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Theres 1 decision to be made. You all came in Jan on summons and it’s now August w. 1 decision

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Life or death. Not to be taken lightly. The law breaks the sentencing in 3 phases.

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Phase 1 - think about aggravation & crime
Phase 2 - mitigation to think about mental illness

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Phase 3 - when you get to moral determination. That becomes about you. What do you do?

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The question in phase 3 isn’t comparative anymore. It’s final. Does JH suffer the most harsh And severe punishment that our country and state allows? Execution or life in prison?

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Before I go on, I want to pay respect to victims. Those who died and injured & to families

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This weeks testimony was hard to hear. The dead were loved intensely by those to testified

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Our hearts break at their loss. It hurts us to watch family hurt. We are all human in here.



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[LyndyLoo]

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 1m1 minute ago
#MattMcMcquinn - 27, died protecting his girlfriend. (So many heroes that night)
#theatershooting

Amen!!

 

[kai]

Man if I was on the jury I would be wanting to tell her to stop yelling at me!

 

[NotMyselfNEMore]

I almost wish GB would object to Brady's closing...almost. His was moving and poignant....Brady is just regurgitating their mental illness mantra to jury by yelling it at them? Seems like a bad idea, IMO

 

[Maisiebelle]

@thegoldpatrol: #theatershooting

We all have people we love in our lives. We can’t help but imagine whats it like in their shoes

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It’s impossible to not feel emotion, passion, and anger with this testimony.
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The dead should not have died that way. They were just out to see a movie.

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But now what? None at this table has spent a minute trying to convince you he didn’t do it

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The defense hasn’t said the victims were anything other than blameless and innocent

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The disagreement is mental illness.

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Is execution the proper response when tragedy happened.

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Either you believe he is mentally ill or not. That’s different from insane

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How many docs should we bring in to say he’s mentally ill?

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Fenton/Feinstein said they were worried he was on verge of psychotic

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Woodcock - went in days after shootings. JH suffered from schizophrenia disorder/ psychotic

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Gur - said JH was schizophrenic/psychotic and shooting wouldn’t have occurred if not for that

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Docs judge appointed Reid, Metzner, they said he has schizophrenia/psychotic

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All docs whenever they say him all agreed he is seriously mentally ill

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If you say he’s not, you’ve chosen to ignore mounds of evidence saying he is

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To mock, demean, deny he’s mentally ill. To make him seem hateful/evil/selfish.

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You have to demean him to kill him

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It’s easier to kill monster than sick human



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[LyndyLoo]

BUT Policey Men kill MI all the time when they create a threat..no?
Why shouldn't this jury do it the same thing ..because J. was too fearful to challenge the police should he get LWOP on the taxpayer's dime!!

I truly wish she would STOP SCREAMING!!!!

 

[cece5300]

The Pros had such a powerful closing!! When he said "kept the 12 pictures from being 100s of photos" I gasped. I can't imagine what could have been, if his plan had gone the way he intended. Makes me sick

 

[MsJosie]

I almost wish GB would object to Brady's closing...almost. His was moving and poignant....Brady is just regurgitating their mental illness mantra to jury by yelling it at them? Seems like a bad idea, IMO

MH to be decided for sure....but JH still knew right from wrong, no excuse for what he did.

 

[Maisiebelle]

@thegoldpatrol: #theatershooting

If you believe he is mentally ill, the evidence, then the time here to ask “Do i SIGN MY NAME on the death warrant of a mentally ill person.

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Death is not solution/cure for mentally ill no matter how tragic the case.

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Not all who have psychosis commit tragic crimes. It did with JH

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Each of us has to say to ourselves there but for the grace of god go I or my child

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Why did he get schizophrenia? Why don’t you have it? He was born with genetics to get it

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If you would not wish schizophrenia on your worst enemy then what logic dictates bob & arlene son should suffer execution for it?

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Life appropriate for 24 years prior to July 20 - JH had no criminal history at all





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[Chelly]

Her case would be better served if she played on the jury's sympathies with a soft convincing voice rather than screaming at them. Her tone is abrasive and yelling antagonizes the jury.

 

[Dogface]

The problem I have with what Brady is saying is that she acts like this is either he is a monster or he is mentally ill. I think it's both. He is a sick monster. Millions of Americans suffer from mental illness. Only a few ever take it to this level, and to blame it all on mental illness is not fair IMO to all those who live day in and day out with a mental illness yet still make the right choice between right and wrong.