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Will mental illness save Holmes' life?
Tue July 21, 2015
Centennial, Colorado (CNN)James Holmes' insanity defense may have failed when he was found guilty of first-degree murder in the Aurora movie theater massacre, but his attorneys will likely raise his mental illness again when they try to persuade jurors to spare his life.
The month long penalty phase of Holmes' trial is set to begin on Wednesday, and his mental illness should play an even more prominent role than it did when the jury was asked to decide whether his shooting rampage was an act of murder or madness.
A failed neuroscience graduate student, Holmes became one of the nation's worst mass shooters three years ago this week when he opened fire at a midnight show in a crowded theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora. He killed 12 people and wounded 70 others.
A memorial with 12 crosses, one for each victim, stood outside the Century 16 multiplex on Monday, and the victims were remembered during an evening memorial service.
It is the second time this year an anniversary of a horrific crime has been observed between the guilt and penalty phases of a major capital case. In April, the Boston Marathon was held between the guilt and penalty phases for the convicted bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The jury condemned Tsarnaev to death for his crimes.
Holmes' jury -- nine women and three men -- was swift in rejecting his insanity defense, finding last week that although he is a diagnosed schizophrenic, he knew what he was doing that night, and that it was wrong.
Mental illness was not enough to spare him from responsibility for his crime. But will it save his life?
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Tue July 21, 2015
Centennial, Colorado (CNN)James Holmes' insanity defense may have failed when he was found guilty of first-degree murder in the Aurora movie theater massacre, but his attorneys will likely raise his mental illness again when they try to persuade jurors to spare his life.
The month long penalty phase of Holmes' trial is set to begin on Wednesday, and his mental illness should play an even more prominent role than it did when the jury was asked to decide whether his shooting rampage was an act of murder or madness.
A failed neuroscience graduate student, Holmes became one of the nation's worst mass shooters three years ago this week when he opened fire at a midnight show in a crowded theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora. He killed 12 people and wounded 70 others.
A memorial with 12 crosses, one for each victim, stood outside the Century 16 multiplex on Monday, and the victims were remembered during an evening memorial service.
It is the second time this year an anniversary of a horrific crime has been observed between the guilt and penalty phases of a major capital case. In April, the Boston Marathon was held between the guilt and penalty phases for the convicted bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The jury condemned Tsarnaev to death for his crimes.
Holmes' jury -- nine women and three men -- was swift in rejecting his insanity defense, finding last week that although he is a diagnosed schizophrenic, he knew what he was doing that night, and that it was wrong.
Mental illness was not enough to spare him from responsibility for his crime. But will it save his life?
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