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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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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 :)
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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.
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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.
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@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. -
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