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Aurora movie theater shooting trial day 41: Defense expected to call more doctors who treated James Holmes
Day 41 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. Today, the defense is expected to call more doctors who treated the gunman. 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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Based on the comments and posts we/I can already see which side they've already chosen. -
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Defense calls Rose Marie Manguso. She is a neuropsychologist at the state mental health hospital in Pueblo. - New Witness
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So these searches are all suppose to be because of the banter between him and Ben Garcia? -
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Are any of the commenters here taking note of the timing of (at least some of) these searches?
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Spengler lost that Battleship, Sunk in 300 fathoms of water.....
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Clancy, would you mind reposting that nytimes article so it's easier to find? I wanted to copy it to send a friend but it's getting buried in the feed now.
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LOL King just had a slip if you heard it. Almost called it Menstrual Hospital! not kidding!
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Brauchler likes this lady...his voir dire was some damn fine courtroom flirting :)
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Dr. Manguso met with the gunman for 6 hours and 15 minutes.
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Dr. Manguso said she did not focus on his mental state before the shooting, just his general background, and his more recent status and current status.
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Anica can you post some of what's going on while the feed isn't working
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We are getting an engineer to check for problems with the feed... everything I can check looks OK.
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@ PA Watcher - I wouldn't say its flirting as much as him feeling the DT finally call a respect worthy Psychiatrist
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Dr. Manguso said she reviewed Dr. Hanlon's tests for consistency and performance.
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King: "How many tests did you give him?
Dr. Manguso: "I gave him quite a few! Want to me to go back and count?" -
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Dr. Manguso: "The first question is always 'Is the person faking? Are they feigning or malingering?'" - Quote
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Dr. Manguso did validity testing on memory malingering (to see if he's faking memory problems.)
"He performed normally with no evidence of feigning or faking." - Quote
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Dr. Manguso did two more tests to determine if the gunman was pretending or faking that he couldn't remember things or can't understand.
""His effort and cooperation were adequate during his testing." - Quote
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King: Did you think he was faking?
Dr. Manguso: Not at all. -
Not sure why someone is using my name on here but I've been on this chat since day one!
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This witness is doing a much better job for the DT. I'm interested to see what Brauchler does in cross to weaken her testimony. -
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Dr. Manguso used four tests to evaluate the gunman's ability to focus on a task.
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So, despite pretty clear suggestions that he may have lied during various psychiatrist interviews about symptoms, JH was smart enough to realize that the psychological tests he was given would be hard to fake out. Hope the jury understands that JH is intelligent to know when to inject his self-serving answers vs when he should give straight answers on a complex test that would likely catch malingering.
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I don't think he was faking when she did the tests but the tests where done after the "TRAUMATIC EVENT" happened which it's come out most likely caused him to have the issues he then had -
If I were Brauchler, I'd ask this witness: Does a lack of malingering on these specific tests mean that the defendant never lied about symptoms during his interviews with psychiatrists? Yes or no?
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Unfortunately, JH is not as intelligent as he thinks he is, he simply thinks he is smarter than others, because he has been told this his whole life. He however, is not that smart, i.e., searches he did prior to the murdering of these people, and searching for various terms, i.e., psychosis, psychotic, on and on. He searched for words that would have been easily understandable by someone who is "very smart", and yet he searched these words. He didn't get very far in his education folks, he quit his graduate program, therefore, his only education was up to a bachelor's degree, you don't have to be extremely intelligent to get a bachelor's degree.
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This only proves that he didn't malinger during these tests, however, it does not prove he cannot lie and malinger during other interviews and with other professionals.
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What are the chances that the majority of psychiatrists are against the death penalty and would go as far as perjuring themselves if it keeps someone alive?
Most doctors take an oath to 'keep stuff alive'. If they know their testimony could result in someone's death... there has to be a 'psychological' impact that would effect their testimony, even if they don't do it consciously. -
Gunman's IQ is 123 - considered a 'superior intellect' but not a 'genius,' Dr. Manguso said.
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Do any of the knowledgable folks here know whether these tests are strictly temporally based, that is, whether one's answers will change from month to month, or whether they measure a bigger picture?
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Executive functions include how we plan and how we then execute those plans.
Executive functions are controlled by the pre-frontal cortex. It is the last part of the brain that develops, Dr. Manguso said. -
The gunman was taking risperdal during Dr. Manguso's testing. It is used to treat schizophrenia and symptoms of bipolar disorder.
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This neuropsychologist sounds like a lively and very knowledgeable person. I think it would be fun to take the IQ test.
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They do they tests when someone has had a brain injury too I believe like when they are in a car accident or hurt during a accident like during a sporting event... They sound like some of the tests they made me take after my serious car accident I was in... likely my injury'd brain healed over time
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Probably not in Holmes' best interests for the jury to hear that he has a "superior" intellect. Gut reaction to that is, "y'all realize that this murdering brute thinks he is "superior" to us..." At some level, that subliminal message is not going to sit well...
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