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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Oliver says the gunman was "tough to get to know."

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 8:46:29 PM
Yeah that's weird looking at the aerial view of the school. Maybe to show how big it was so Jimmy stood out to at least THIS teacher.

by Kristle 7/23/2015 8:46:39 PM
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Oliver: "I can't remember him having friends."

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 8:46:52 PM
shouldn't!!!! sorry

by bob 7/23/2015 8:47:11 PM
DT has to try their best to humanize JH to the jury... that's why we are going thru all this!!

by LG 7/23/2015 8:47:13 PM
Okay, one more time. Can someone PLEASE tell me which phase they're on? I missed some today.

by imnotreallyhere 7/23/2015 8:47:17 PM
This is phase 2 - the mitigating evidence phase - of the sentencing hearing.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 8:47:47 PM
He can call him "that guy" unless DT objects :)

by PA Watcher 7/23/2015 8:47:51 PM
@me they asked the last lady if she was there in support of jh and she said yes.

by blue 7/23/2015 8:47:54 PM
great insight @frank....concur

by A.L. 7/23/2015 8:47:56 PM
phase 2

by happy 7/23/2015 8:48:05 PM
That's helpful Frank. Thanks for posting that.

by Ann 7/23/2015 8:48:11 PM
part of JH being a loner was his intelligence -- felt others were beneath him

by mandi 7/23/2015 8:48:13 PM
Did he always have lunch money? or did he get bullied?

by NT8 7/23/2015 8:48:16 PM
I wonder which one of these characters is the butterfly chaser.....will he bring his net?

by JW 7/23/2015 8:48:21 PM
Which was it...he was popular (according to the deposition teacher) or he was a loner? Which one has committed perjury?

by Marsha Laurienti 7/23/2015 8:48:39 PM
See. Nothing gleaned but he was intelligent and quiet. Geez. Next!

by Kristle 7/23/2015 8:48:42 PM
@PA Watcher--you're right, of course--this is all just to try to put a human face on the killer for whom the jury is going to decide on life or death.

by flip 7/23/2015 8:48:45 PM
Thank you anica

by imnotreallyhere 7/23/2015 8:48:50 PM
this witness doesn't seem to like JH

by bob 7/23/2015 8:48:55 PM
Ludicrous phase! Go!

by Loz 7/23/2015 8:49:01 PM
jw butterfly guy is from undergrad and was his roommate

by bob 7/23/2015 8:49:20 PM
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Oliver: "I don't have any further recollection of him after that freshman year."

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 8:50:09 PM
Did anyone else's feed just stop?

by LG 7/23/2015 8:50:42 PM
Who is the DT running the exam?

by Suzi 7/23/2015 8:50:43 PM
So far, Mr. Oliver isn't helping Holmes much--we already know the guy was a bright, aloof, science geek. "Pretty invisible...." well, that helps. Not.

by flip 7/23/2015 8:50:53 PM
Apparently during these years he wanted to kill people

by Tiki Torch 7/23/2015 8:51:26 PM
No LG

by PA Watcher 7/23/2015 8:51:27 PM
@LG, mine did earlier and went to older testimony. Had to refresh

by Loz 7/23/2015 8:51:33 PM
Yea my feed stopped

by Jennifer 7/23/2015 8:51:35 PM
@Despicable Me...I am getting the sense this is the wrong type of forum for you, sorry to be blunt, but we direct comments at each other all the time and your lengthy screed earlier, while not drawing a comment from me did seem to invite the attention...just sayin'

by PA Watcher 7/23/2015 8:51:56 PM
Someone asked who pays for these witness' travel...it would be taxpayers? (Since he has public defenders)

by Edy 7/23/2015 8:51:57 PM
Did he ever do anything out of the ordinary like show up at school with his hair dyed bright orange dressed in full tactical gear?

by Sherrie H. 7/23/2015 8:53:23 PM
**claps hands to PA**

by Loz 7/23/2015 8:53:24 PM
they will ask about his eyes!

by bob 7/23/2015 8:54:48 PM
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Jury question: "Do you recall whether there were any presentations in your class and the gunman's performance?"
Oliver: "They were not mandatory... I do not remember [him] making a presentation."

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 8:55:35 PM
Jury question: Did he seem anxious around other students?
Oliver: He seemed stand-offish or uncomfortable.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 8:56:11 PM
I wonder if his family is going to testify??

by Sara Jordan 7/23/2015 8:56:19 PM
Was he bullied? Why aren't they asking this?

by Suzi 7/23/2015 8:57:00 PM
sara if they do it will probably be last

by bob 7/23/2015 8:57:02 PM
No wonder there are so many of them here to testify....good way to see Colo. Just had to walk by his room and see he was in it. What a waste of time!

by JW 7/23/2015 8:57:11 PM
30 minutes left for me and then I'll be back in the morning.

by Tammy Garrison 7/23/2015 8:57:24 PM
i dont see the parents subjecting themselves to Brauchler

by Tiki Torch 7/23/2015 8:57:26 PM
Defense wants to get through 7 more witnesses today.

by anica.padilla 7/23/2015 8:58:56 PM
JH was a good kid, yada yada... then he turned a movie theater into a slaughter house. Jimmy changed.... Jimmy killed innocent men, women and children. Jimmy can die now.

by Mark 7/23/2015 8:59:14 PM