CO - James Holmes Trial Discussion - Begins April 27, 2015 #16

[Coldpizza]

Jury selection to begin in trial of James Holmes in Colorado theater massacre

It will have been 914 days since authorities say Holmes burst into a packed suburban movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora, tossed a tear gas canister into the crowd and opened fire. The first panicked 911 call came at 12:38 a.m. on July 20, 2012.

The gunshots came less than a second apart, round after round, until 12 people were dead and more than 70 others injured, some permanently, in the barrage of shotgun and semiautomatic gunfire let loose during a screening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight

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The Holmes trial is expected to last much of 2015; jury selection could take until late spring. And should the death sentence be imposed upon Holmes, now 27, legal experts predict two decades of appeals.

A staggering 9,000 summons were mailed to prospective jurors in Arapahoe County. It is a net so wide that in a county with about 500,000 eligible jurors, nearly 1 in 50 residents could receive notices.

But first a jury must be seated.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-james-holmes-20150119-story.html

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[Jinkasaurus]

This blog post includes a pdf with the instructions that will be read to the jury pool.

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2015/01/james_holmes_jury_selection_preview.php

 

[Queen Bee]

why we are here :rose:
and the 70 injured and those that love them :rose:

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[Coldpizza]

Please continue here.....​

 

[zoey]

I don't know if anyone is familiar with the Bill Marquardt case? He is a paranoid schizophrenic who murdered his mother and two other women. He was first deemed unfit, then later fit to stand trial. He got the death penalty. I wasn't sure if anyone with severe mental illness was ever sentenced to the DP. This shows it's entirely possible.

http://m.chippewa.com/news/local/up...11e1-b027-001871e3ce6c.html?mobile_touch=true


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I think once they are deemed "sane" they can be on Death Row--normally their sentence is LWOP---

 

[zoey]

Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 4m4 minutes ago
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[LyndyLoo]

WHOA~~ How rude of me :blushing: Good Morning everybody :seeya:

Lets get this party started!! :great:

 

[Maisiebelle]

Ooh another new thread! We clearly have a lot to say!!

Thanks Coldpizza


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[zoey]

WHOA~~ How rude of me :blushing: Good Morning everybody :seeya:

Lets get this party started!! :great:

Morning!!! GB was great yesterday.....very painful before him. Don't think that the good doctor is helping the defense very much at all with her long drawn out explanations.....

 

[Maisiebelle]

I think once they are deemed "sane" they can be on Death Row--normally their sentence is LWOP---

So if JH is convicted and sentenced to death could he have a 'relapse' on death row and have his sentence commuted to LWOP?


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[zoey]

Theater shooting trial: Defense calls star witness, Dr. Raquel Gur, expert on schizophrenia

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The defense team in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial has called an expert in schizophrenia as their final witness

 

[zoey]

So if JH is convicted and sentenced to death could he have a 'relapse' on death row and have his sentence commuted to LWOP?


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Yes---He will get automatic appeals upon Death sentence.

 

[zoey]

So if JH is convicted and sentenced to death could he have a 'relapse' on death row and have his sentence commuted to LWOP?


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By the way---love reading your tweets!!!! "eye" see you! :seeya:

 

[Maisiebelle]

Yes---He will get automatic appeals upon Death sentence.

I see. So it could be years for the sentence to be carried out.


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[Maisiebelle]

By the way---love reading your tweets!!!! "eye" see you! :seeya:

Well thank you my lovely friend!


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[zoey]

Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 1m1 minute ago
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[zoey]

I see. So it could be years for the sentence to be carried out.


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DECADES.....just saying it isn't swift....

 

[Maisiebelle]

Alex Teves' mother favourited one of my tweets. How special!


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[LyndyLoo]

Well, I got my popcorn all ready to go..just waiting for MR. B. to get his stream Roller warmed up :crush:

opcorn:opcorn:opcorn: < Help yourself :biggrin:

 

[MissHaley]

Hello Friends! Are we ready?
One thing that bothers me (of many)- King always asks, 'if not for this mental illness, this shooting would have never happened'. His witnesses always say 'yes'. He asked Gur that yesterday.
I don't agree with that & how can they conclude that? They can't make that statement with certainty!
People who don't have mental illness, still murder.
I think, no matter mental illness or not, IMO, jh still would've planned & carried out a mass murder.
Just had to get that out! LOL