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.

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by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 4:39:48 PM
Poor juror! That would be awful.

by KP 5/29/2015 4:39:49 PM
Side note guys.. Asperger's is now taken out of the DSM 5.

by Christine Armenta 5/29/2015 4:39:55 PM
Resuming the video in a moment

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:39:56 PM
Need to get through this today, before the entire jury catches it.

by NT8 5/29/2015 4:40:05 PM
Suzi, that fairly portrays my son.

by Sara 5/29/2015 4:40:06 PM
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Dr Reid asks if parents were ever not close? Not that he could see. What about family closeness including him? "Sometimes, like when I came back after college for that year of transition"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:41:02 PM
--Your Welcome Angela Freeman!!! :)

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:41:03 PM
In my personal professional opinion from some one who has worked with many children with Aspergers, high functioning Autism and general Autism, the defendant is not Autistic in any way.

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 4:41:37 PM
I do hope she's okay. Two days of that seems rough.

by Angela Freeman 5/29/2015 4:41:38 PM
Gunman said he believed his parents wanted him to go out and get a job after college

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:41:42 PM
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What did you do with money from that job? "I saved it"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:41:56 PM
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Is faith an important part of your life now? "No, it is like it was before" Gunman answers

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:42:30 PM
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"I kind of viewed it as something just to be done for the sake of doing it" gunman says about religion

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:42:51 PM
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Gunman says he views God as everything, so he doesn't need any worship. "he's the collective sum of everything"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:43:53 PM
I admit my son is quite the loner, but I'm not sure how much of that is by choice... He doesn't feel comfortable (so I guess it's sort of a choice) around kids age very often because he doesn't see the world (and therefore play) through a similar lens. He'd rather play alone or with his brother who understands him.

by Sara 5/29/2015 4:43:56 PM
NT8, its probably too late, since most viruses would have already infected everybody.

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 4:43:57 PM
Dr Reid asks where that view might come from? Gunman says he isn't sure

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:44:09 PM
Does a God of that sort have expectations of man? "No"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:44:52 PM
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What does that God do? "Well, he kind of does everything and anything"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:45:11 PM
"he's just kind of like the universe in its smallest parts and its largest parts"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:45:33 PM
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Does this God pay attention, Reid asks? "Well, that would mean he is paying attention to himself"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:46:10 PM
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Dr Reid asks if that God would care about the shootings? "I suppose so"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:47:16 PM
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In what way would he care? "Just that it is changing something... changing life to death"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:47:33 PM
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What would that God feel about the shootings, Reid asks? "He might care that people were dying," Gunman responds.

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:48:02 PM
Phil, you are OFF THE CHAIN!! Thanks for keeping us up!

by Sara 5/29/2015 4:48:12 PM
Gunman describes himself as an 8-10 on the loner scale

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:49:03 PM
"changing something" wow this is huge!

by Mayday43 5/29/2015 4:49:06 PM
Hope he asks if there is life after death.

by NT8 5/29/2015 4:49:26 PM
Gunman says it is almost impossible to be complete loner in a social society

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:49:39 PM
Mayday43...Right!???

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:50:12 PM
Dr Reid asks if he ever isolated himself. One was when someone wanted to go to the bar. She got angry, went without him. He stayed home to watch tv

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:50:18 PM
So if he understands that God would care about people dying indicates his understanding of society's moral standard of caring...

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 4:50:30 PM
Agreed Tammy!

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:51:00 PM
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Dr Reid asks about difference in feeling between dorm and apartment life. "There was a lot more freedom having your own apartment to do what you want to do"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:51:32 PM
Dr Reid asks what kind of video games, online or computer. Which did he prefer? Gunman says online game.

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:52:09 PM
So if he understands that God would care about people dying indicates his understanding of society's moral standard of caring...!!!!! (Tammy Garrison's observation)...

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:52:14 PM
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Gunman says "Whenever I'm around people I get kind of anxious... they expect you to say something. I usually like to listen more"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:52:42 PM
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Describe anxious? "Fidgety, fearful... not wanting to be there"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:53:03 PM
...He likes to "do what he wants to do"...Translation: He WANTED to cause harm to others...

by Robin 5/29/2015 4:53:13 PM
@Robin I think so

by Abrandt 5/29/2015 4:53:55 PM
or he WANTED to be left alone. Could the anxiety have driven him to rid himself of that which is making him anxious?

by Tammy Garrison 5/29/2015 4:54:25 PM
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Do other people notice he is uncomfortable in public? "It depends how long I am around them"

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:54:37 PM
What do they do? They stare

by Phil Tenser 5/29/2015 4:54:59 PM
While I feel ZERO compassion for him, my heart does ache for the life he could have lived had he made better choices. I hate that he felt worthy of such power. Meh.

by Sara 5/29/2015 4:55:12 PM