Aurora movie theater shooting day 54: Prosecution hopes to move to next sentencing phase

Day 54 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. Today, prosecutors hope to move on to the second phase of the sentencing hearing. The jury found Holmes, the admitted gunman, was sane when he went into the midnight premiere of the Dark Knight Rises in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater and opened fire on the audience, killing 12 and wounding 70. 7NEWS and TheDenverChannel.com will have gavel to gavel coverage of the trial starting at 8:15 a.m. (MST) everyday and ending around 5:30 p.m. (MST) Watch new live video on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/7NewsDenver/live Additional resources:LIVE VIDEO & BLOG: http://bit.ly/theatertrialTIMELINE of the case: http://bit.ly/theatertimelineJURY PROFILE: http://bit.ly/theaterjury CONTINUING COVERAGE: http://bit.ly/theatercoverage

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Thank you for answering my question Phil!! Much appreciated! And thank you Anica!

by Sarah 7/23/2015 6:50:04 PM
Please no to the release of crime scene photos, ever.

by Lynn 7/23/2015 6:50:12 PM
On this issue of taking this child to the mignight showing - as a mature adult with now adult children, I wouldn't, however, I don't watch TV much, had no idea the movie was out or what it was - if I were a young parent in the same boat, I may have not realized exactly what it was. Look at many of the Disney type movies out these days - PG or PG13, even though it should be a kid movie - often not the case. Most importantly - I can't imagine the pain Ashley Moser is suffering and hope I never do -- I would however, imagine she beats herself up every moment of every day and we have no right to do it for her. Let her rest for pete's sake! -- ok, my bandwagon :)

by pcmamanim 7/23/2015 6:50:21 PM
Will there ever be a transcript of the sanity eval video. Or anything other than closed circuit feed.

by Rich Hinton 7/23/2015 6:51:05 PM
@Lynn, #NoNotoriety.

by Kels 7/23/2015 6:51:06 PM
BREAKING: Jurors have reached a verdict in the 1st phase of the sentencing hearing. It will be announced in 20 minutes.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 6:51:11 PM
Court is now in session.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 6:51:19 PM
I think Holmes illness created the delusion that killing people gave him value. But he still took voluntary efforts to get that value despite clearly knowing that was wrong. And it is those actions that he is being held accountable for. Otherwise how do you distinguish his illness and actions from those of pedophiles, serial killers and rapists. They all have sick desires they didn't necessarily want to have, but we hold them accountable for their actions. Also, it is unfair to automatically link mental illness with violent crime, as there are millions of people in the U.S. with mental illness who do not commit crimes and are not violent.

by Sophiamtn@gmail.com 7/23/2015 6:54:59 PM
What happens to all the evidence? Is it kept in some storage facility forever? Is it destroyed?

by Stephany 7/23/2015 6:55:07 PM
@CindyL...doesn't matter where they got it...they were not to PUBLISH identifying information.

by PA Watcher 7/23/2015 6:55:10 PM
think jurors will decide yes on all aggravating factors except for death of child under 12 -- not intentional

by Mandi 7/23/2015 6:55:22 PM
Q: Do we know who the deffence is planning to call in phase 2?

by RGS 7/23/2015 6:55:24 PM
the purpose of justice is redemption, not punishment. Stanley Williams, founder of the Crips while in prison for murder, opened the eyes of the world, and changed. In doing so, he became a Noble Peace Prize nominee. What a loss to any sense of morals, had he been executed.

by okx 7/23/2015 6:55:29 PM
The deputy that escorts the jurors is so professional and respectful from what I see.

by Resa 7/23/2015 6:55:33 PM
Brady staring at jurors and whispering to Higgs

by Mandi 7/23/2015 6:55:35 PM
@tammyg No juror has to give the death penalty. Some viewers saw plenty of reasons not to.
@ fascinated No I am not a liar, you assumed I was everyone who was not fighting for the death penalty. I used oxk and okx because I made typos; my sign in kept flipping out. You gave me a deeper understanding of what is at stake here. I said nothing to merit your degradation and it said nothing about all people I think it is important to this blog to know that someone has had a similar encounter with a psychotic killer, so the police, myself and others had something to deal with that could lend a very particular experience; and not to lessen others experiences of terror and horror.

by okx 7/23/2015 6:56:58 PM
@Stephany - all evidence will be stored. Automatic appeal will be filed for JH

by Mandi 7/23/2015 6:56:59 PM
Stephany, it s kept forever and ever. Including cars. I know this. I served as a chaplain for the local PD and they have a citizen's police academy where they talked about that.

by Tammy Garrison 7/23/2015 6:57:12 PM
- Breaking News
BREAKING: Jurors will move on to phase 2 of sentencing hearing.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 7:01:35 PM
how do that hateful people always manage to come out of the woodwork during critical times in this trial. go back to your bridge, trolls.

by blue 7/23/2015 7:07:08 PM
Mandi, agree.

by Tammy Garrison 7/23/2015 7:07:09 PM
Were the DT and PT given the verdict before the Jury announced it? They were both handed papers.

by Cindy L 7/23/2015 7:07:11 PM
thought I heard DT had a list of 40 witnesses for phase 2, but some of them not allowed. Never had direct contact with JH

by Mandi 7/23/2015 7:07:15 PM
@Lynn - I apologize as I mean no harm to anyone but I am studying criminal investigation so that is why I asked if the crime scene photo's, video's and/or docs would ever be released. I understand many will not wish for this and I asked for my own benefit. Thanks

by Sarah 7/23/2015 7:07:41 PM
The Foreperson is Jonathan Blonc as announced by the Judge himself. That's where we heard his name.

by Cindy L 7/23/2015 7:07:58 PM
@Cindy Jonathan Blunk died in the theater shooting.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 7:08:27 PM
@Tammy - is that standard practice? I know that Columbine evidence has since been destroyed so that is why I am asking.

by Sarah 7/23/2015 7:08:32 PM
But not 2.

by Tammy Garrison 7/23/2015 7:08:34 PM
I just got from the doctor in time to start hearing this. Wow. The jury was indeed thorough.

by DocJ 7/23/2015 7:08:36 PM
Is the juror with the bad back deliberating?

by jerry 7/23/2015 7:08:47 PM
Are they going to read 165 counts again?

by Tara 7/23/2015 7:08:47 PM
- Breaking News
Jurors agree to 4 out of 5 of the aggravating factors in the murder of 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 7:09:44 PM
@Tammy - #2 is the child

by mandi 7/23/2015 7:16:04 PM
Tara, I think just the Murder 1 counts.

by Tammy Garrison 7/23/2015 7:16:06 PM
@Tara, just 24 counts.

by Kels 7/23/2015 7:16:09 PM
Why wouldn't they have found for aggravating factor number 2 for Veronica Moser?!

by Saira 7/23/2015 7:16:15 PM
kinda figured that with the language of "intentional killing of child"

by mandi 7/23/2015 7:16:17 PM
Tara, they had only the 24 counts to consider

by Suzi 7/23/2015 7:16:18 PM
@Anica: thanks for the correction.

by Cindy L 7/23/2015 7:16:24 PM
I'm sorry, shooting Veronica 4x's shows intent to me

by Lori James 7/23/2015 7:16:27 PM
glad his name isnt on the form so that the judge has to say it over and over

by JG 7/23/2015 7:16:30 PM
@Tara, there are only 24 counts of 1st degree murder those are the only counts that the jury sentences...by law the other 141 counts are sentenced by the Judge

by PA Watcher 7/23/2015 7:16:39 PM
Sounds like video of JH's question as to whether any kids were killed had an impact re: Veronica Mose-Sullivan verdict-- jury did not believe killing of children was intentional.

by Mr. D. 7/23/2015 7:16:41 PM
#2 aggravating factor is not a deal breaker for the death penalty, am I right?

by Tammy Garrison 7/23/2015 7:16:45 PM
@Tammy - Correct. They only needed to agree on one aggravating factor.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 7:17:10 PM