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Aurora movie theater shooting trial day 40: Defense may introduce new jail video
Day 40 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. During the course of the trial, prosecutors will argue that 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. His defense attorneys will try to spare Holmes’ life by arguing that he was insane. 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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She doesn't seem nervous to me. She seems anxious to speak; answer questions.
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Every psychiatrist says he/she has seen hundreds or thousands of patients with psychosis, so it's the psychiatric equivalent of the common cold? Why was he seen by so many psychs? Is that normal for other inmates? Just curious. -
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Dr. Lowdermilk: "He knew the month and year, couldn't tell me the day or the date." - Quote
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Lowderman said he had good eye contact, he was calm at that time, his answers made sense... But he reported auditory hallucinations. One voice sounded like it was coming from behind a wall. He said the voices told him to do things like walk around.
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I'm so tired of hearing about the Nov incident. JH was not like that on the day of the shooting or before and this happened long after the shooting.
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I think if I was on the jury I would want to scream at the defense....give me something from JULY not months later!!!!
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I'm sorry but I don't think JH could fool these doctors and/or psychiatrists. Malingering is one thing but actually getting away with or pretending to have psychosis/schizophrenia is not an easy task... I don't think the most skilled actors could necessarily present so convincingly...
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Court reporters must get the worst carpal tunnel... sorry just a side note
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maybe your legal begal can answer Lori's question, I would like to know too
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voices told him to "walk around" Pretty boring voices, I'd say.
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JH is playing these doctors. knowing the month and year is harder than the day and date when you are locked up I am sure the days run together. -
I don't understand why they keep calling witnesses to testify to his sanity after the fact - especially months after the fact.
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A good poll for prisoners: "Do you know what day of the week it is?" "Do you know the date?" My guess is that they either dont care or loose track very easily.
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I can't believe this is there Defense all about November which has nothing to do with when he did the shooting and how he planned it for months.
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Lowderman said the gunman was still describing psychotic symptoms on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. He was admitted Nov. 15. He said the voices told him to stop eating, Lowderman testified.
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I agree Sheri. Their entire agenda is about his breakdown in November?
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I don't care how he was in November. Now if this was a few days after the shooting then maybe I would have some reasonable doubt but this is months later
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none of these questions speak to the issue of legal insanity.
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Yep there you go - the voices started while in jail. Not sure why this is relevant.
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Voices began while he was in jail? Did she just say that? Nice Job DT you sank another battleship.
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The other thing I just can't get past is why he wasn't being medicated in jail. Isn't there medical personnel to assist the prisoners? He can't possibly be the only one who needs to be medicated.
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Yeah, doc, except he didn't repeatedly hit his head on the wall and he didn't hit his head at all when he went backwards off the bed. The jury has seen that video and they know that Holmes carefully protected himself from hitting his head or breaking his miserable neck when he went backwards off the bed.
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...."repeatedly"...gratuitous addition of fantasy to the known facts
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I have been listening at work every day and have been frustrated at times but nothing like this. I can't believe they are spending all this time on a time frame that has NOTHING to do with the time of the shooting. This Defense shows nothing about his insanity plea
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You're right NT8. I know you keep track of the objections, but you should start keeping track of the battleships too. I think their Naval Force is almost all at the bottom of the ocean.
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IMO, If they can show instability before and after shooting, may lead to reasonable doubt about during. But remember CO law re: definition of insanity at time shooting. Hummmm
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Wish the voices in my head would tell me to stop eating..lol
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What doctor did PT get to say that a traumatic event would cause all this.
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Killing people has been known to cause PTSD and related emotional issues, just ask a combat vet. I imagine it's even worse when the shooting isn't sanctioned by the president.
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Agreed Mark.... couldn't the massacre have caused the breakdown instead of the other way around??
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Re emphasize the FACT that she said he said the voices began in jail.
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Dr. Lowdermilk said the gunman had symptoms of delirium and psychosis.
"I don't know the order in which things developed." - Quote
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I think she is doing well with the symptoms vs. diagnosis explanation.
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There is no shortage of research showing the correlation between extended stays in solitary confinement and the development of psychopathology. I didn't see all of the PT's case-- did they bring in any 'experts' to speak to this? It sure seems to be an important point given what the defense's whole case is centered on.
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Defense Attorney Tamara Brady: "The stress of jail, the stress of being charged with murder, the stress of facing the death penalty could have made [the gunman] psychotic, right?"
Dr. Lowdermilk: "Correct." - Quote
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Did the PT ever question the officers who arrested Holmes on the night of or anybody who came in contact with him the night of the shooting? I've listened to most of the case but I don't remember that and I feel like that would have been strong testimony about whether or not he was sane at the time of the shooting.
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Defense Attorney Tamara Brady: 'Do you believe Mr. Holmes was psychotic when you saw him?"
Dr. Lowdermilk: "Yes." - Quote
