Theater shooting trial day 21: More sanity examination video to be shown

Jurors can expect to see more video and hear more testimony from Dr. William Reid, the court-appointed psychiatrist who recorded over 22 hours of his interviews with Aurora movie theater shooting gunman James Holmes before deciding the shooter was legally sane.

3rd & 7 37yd

Why picked the Glock .40? Gunman says it has more stopping power.

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:05:09 PM
I fail to see anything King can really cross on.....this Doc has a gold mine in his recordings....not much to argue with.....

by Valm46 5/29/2015 10:05:12 PM
I wonder where this ranks among financially costly violent crimes. He spent a lot of money on this endeavor. I wonder if anyone has spent more? Excluding terrorists with government or organizational funds.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 10:06:35 PM
Agreed @Valm, it will be interesting to see what the defense does/says.

by KP 5/29/2015 10:06:36 PM
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What was the thought behind mass murder? "Shooting a crowd instead of picking out people"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:06:55 PM
Is Dr Reid in the room while the video plays? I don't see him.

by Abrandt 5/29/2015 10:06:56 PM
At the time they're discussing
, gunman says he hadn't picked a location yet

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:07:18 PM
Yes Abrandt, Dr Reid is sitting in the Gallery.

by Sherrie H. 5/29/2015 10:08:07 PM
AND the doc has already said he knew what he was doing - another right from wrong!

by Ann 5/29/2015 10:08:08 PM
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As you're thinking about these things, are you angry?
"Kind of that I had a mission to complete"... "Theres no anger"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:08:24 PM
They talked about letting the Doc step down and sit in one of the chairs by the wall during the videos.

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 10:08:40 PM
@Valm Indeed! He just about became apoplectic after the comment about the .40 having more stopping power. I sincerely hope he is healthy and can take this. It won't get any better for him.

by Lori Butterfield 5/29/2015 10:08:41 PM
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Tell more about the mission? "Just that it was something I had to do"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:08:53 PM
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"it's like I was obligated to do it"
In what way?
"That there was no other alternative"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:09:40 PM
Dr. Reid is good! I'm impressed!

by Suzanne 5/29/2015 10:10:38 PM
Don't know enough about the guns and my husband would hang his head in shame. Are all these weapons semi-automatic?

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 10:10:38 PM
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"I can take my suicidal thoughts and make them go away by having homicidal thoughts"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:11:07 PM
Gee Phil, you didnt post my link, or the script explaining the Clear out gas? Another copy right issue from Google?

by NT8 5/29/2015 10:11:24 PM
@NT8: I haven't had time to check it. too busy to verify. I need to verify first

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:11:35 PM
Dr. Reid didn't focus much on the notebook, it was pretty clear about his mission that he had to kill people in his write up, but maybe Dr. Reid's playing his own version of cat and mouse to get him to talk.

by Kristle 5/29/2015 10:12:10 PM
Phil, you need an assistant and about 12 sets of hands. LOL

by Sherrie H. 5/29/2015 10:12:44 PM
Dr Reid asks how catatonic is defined in gunman's mind at that time? "A lack of energy to get up or do things youw ant to do"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:12:44 PM
@SherrieH.: Fact

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:12:47 PM
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"Every opportunity I had I would stay in bed but if I had to go to class I would get up"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:13:36 PM
Actually, Phil.... YOU ARE DOING GREAT!

by Sherrie H. 5/29/2015 10:13:37 PM
Gunman says he deleted his friends' phone numbers

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:13:49 PM
Maybe this is why he said that killing people made him feel better. He had this pent up suicidal energy, didn't like it, forced them to go away by transferring them to homicidal thoughts, but the energy was still there and needed to be released so he had to act. Or felt as though he did.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 10:14:04 PM
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"I kinda figured the friendship was over"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:14:05 PM
@Tammy Yes. Semi-auto= one trigger pull one shot. Automatic would be one trigger pull many shots.

by Lori Butterfield 5/29/2015 10:14:18 PM
Just thinking aloud. Lol.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 10:14:19 PM
Phil has been the best nanny:)

by Ann 5/29/2015 10:14:32 PM
@Sherrie, No worries, Phil and I go thru this daily!!

by NT8 5/29/2015 10:14:46 PM
Says about former friends: "Out of sight, out of mind"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:14:59 PM
JH forgot to say "get up Bambi, get up"

by Kristle 5/29/2015 10:14:59 PM
Nothing Personal.........

by NT8 5/29/2015 10:15:15 PM
He transferred his suicidal thoughts into homicidal thoughts. Wow. To make himself feel better. Just sayin.

by Michelle Fletcher Carder 5/29/2015 10:16:08 PM
You guys are all amazing!

by Sherrie H. 5/29/2015 10:16:26 PM
@Phil, you are wonderful! Thank you for making this such a calm and pleasant environment.

by Lori Butterfield 5/29/2015 10:16:32 PM
@Michelle Fletcher Carder
2 years later he tries to justify it.

by NT8 5/29/2015 10:17:17 PM
Gunman saying he avoided contact, deleted former friend's numbers

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:17:18 PM
Gunman says he was playing online games at that time

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:17:30 PM
Aren't suicide and homicide two completely different thought patterns? Didn't know they were interchangeable.

by Sherrie H. 5/29/2015 10:17:36 PM
Ok NT.....Poor me once again

by Valm46 5/29/2015 10:17:37 PM
Sick people often have a sort of logic that only makes sense to them. But to them, it's completely rational. Like JH said "there was no other option." In his mind that was probably how the equation worked out.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 10:17:42 PM
Gunman says he played gamed up to 8 hours/day. What do you make of that? "that i really like video games... . that I was using them to try to escape?"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 10:18:13 PM