Attorneys for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes filed their intent for him to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
In April, Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler said he intends to seek the death penalty in the case. The July 20 shooting rampage left 12 people dead and 58 wounded. Ref. CNN
Judge accepts insanity plea in Colo. Shooting case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. A judge has accepted James' Holmes plea of not guilty by reason of insanity in the Colorado theater shootings. Tuesday's decision sets the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation ... Ref. Source 7
Trial Postponed
The judge in the Colorado theater shootings case has indefinitely postponed the trial of suspect James Holmes so attorneys can argue whether he should undergo another psychiatric evaluation, multiple media sources say. Ref. USAToday
The judge has called the court back into session to read the verdicts in the Colorado theater shooting case.
James Holmes faces 165 counts, including two counts of murder for each victim. Seventy people were also injured. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Ref. CNN
I will be surprised if he doesn't get insanity - he looks like a real cookie case, but even so he needs death, no one can come back from something like this - not even society.
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The jury has reached a verdict in the sentencing of James Holmes, who was convicted last month for killing 12 people and wounding 70 at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in 2012. The verdict is to be read at 7 p.m. ET. Ref. CNN