Theater shooting trial day 53: Start of the penalty process

Day 53 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. Today, the penalty phase of the case begins. The jury found Holmes to be legally sane and therefore guilty 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.

3rd & 7 37yd

Stupid NEWSWEEK! I hope the are held in Contempt of Court!!

by Just Thinkin 7/22/2015 6:51:50 PM
What is it with these jurists reading tweets, FB, etc. in the first place?

by Cindy L 7/22/2015 6:51:53 PM
Jury foreman

by Marsha Laurienti 7/22/2015 6:51:55 PM
I'm logging out. Can't stand to read this bible thumping jibberish.

by Loz 7/22/2015 6:51:58 PM
whats up with that ladies voice

by nicememe 7/22/2015 6:51:59 PM
Apparently the people that do not believe in the DP are "bible thumpers" according to @Mark....

by Me 7/22/2015 6:52:02 PM
I cannot believe newsweek posted the Juror's name, I hope Judge Samour hits em hard for that.

by Abrandt 7/22/2015 6:52:06 PM
JH sure is slow to get up now.

by Stephany 7/22/2015 6:53:01 PM
No requests to dismiss Juror 737.

by anica.padilla 7/22/2015 6:53:02 PM
Apparently the jury foreman is a Columbine survivor....that would make sense why he's the foreman lol

by Me 7/22/2015 6:53:05 PM
What happen with the Jury Foreman what did the Judge say I had to reboot...

by LG 7/22/2015 6:53:06 PM
Prosecutor Richard Orman begins giving his argument in phase 1 of sentencing.

by anica.padilla 7/22/2015 6:55:56 PM
Thank you Judge... :) needed that mic!

by LG 7/22/2015 6:55:58 PM
Actually, I am very much for the dearh penalty in this case. I enjoy arguing theology, and recognize that this may have an impact on those in the juror room.

by DocJ 7/22/2015 6:56:00 PM
Pen at the ready for more tallys

by NT8 7/22/2015 6:56:04 PM
We all knew about that Newsweek link last week. Why did the foreman have to be the one to bring it up to the court so many days at. The PT seems shocked but the DT found the link so quickly that I think they were already aware?

by Just Thinkin 7/22/2015 6:56:10 PM
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Orman: "The defendant killed and you have convicted him of killing A. J. Boik... Gordon Cowden... Jesse Childress... Jessica Ghawi... John Larimer... Matthew McQuinn... Micayla Medek... Alex Sullivan... Rebecca Wingo... Alex Teves... Veronica Moser-Sullivan... and Jonathan Blunk.

by anica.padilla 7/22/2015 7:00:56 PM
@just -- a 2-second search on Twitter can find that tweet, and this is the first day the jury is back since delivering the verdict.

by Lynn 7/22/2015 7:01:05 PM
Swivel, swivel, swivel

by DocJ 7/22/2015 7:01:07 PM
"The defendant". Is that because it's stated that way in jury instructions or are they appeasing Brady?

by Della (Me) 7/22/2015 7:01:09 PM
@Just Today was the first day the jury has been back since the newsweek tweet.

by Abrandt 7/22/2015 7:01:12 PM
Still would like to know how they got his name.

by happy 7/22/2015 7:01:15 PM
Killed, convicted, killed, convicted 12 times!

by NT8 7/22/2015 7:01:19 PM
Wow, someone mentions god and everybody gets angry....that's kinda sad actually. So much anger in people.....

by Me 7/22/2015 7:01:56 PM
The question is, did they know about the court order. Who was it that talked to a juror about the weather or the court room being hot and then said they didn't know that person was a juror? Was that Newsweek?

by Tammy Garrison 7/22/2015 7:02:03 PM
@me pretty sure he just said that as a general term.. mainly because people were talking about the bible.

by blue 7/22/2015 7:02:08 PM
I hope they go after Newsweek. That is terrible that they released his full name.

by Marsha Laurienti 7/22/2015 7:02:10 PM
Wondering why the foreman was even on twitter

by Lori J 7/22/2015 7:02:13 PM
@Anica thank you!!

by LG 7/22/2015 7:02:16 PM
LG, they are going to talk about how to address Newsweek at the next break. The juror is OK to proceed.

by Tammy Garrison 7/22/2015 7:02:20 PM
- Quote
Orman: "[There were] lots of kids in that theater. The defendant had the intent to kill every single one of them."

by anica.padilla 7/22/2015 7:02:22 PM
Keep using the convicted word!!!

by NT8 7/22/2015 7:02:24 PM
@Mark: knock it off with the slang term, "bible thumpers" as if holding a biblical opinion is a negative.

by Cindy L 7/22/2015 7:02:24 PM
Guess we can't zoom in on the power point...

by Tammy Garrison 7/22/2015 7:02:26 PM
Lynn-you're not going to win this one with me. I've been following from day 1, & had an open mind. I suffer from clinical depression myself, & also hold a grad degree in mental health/clinical psychology. A jury of 12 and 2 forensic court appointed doctors found him SANE at time of crime. That's what is pivotal. 'Enough said. Won't respond any further to comments about this between you and I. We each have our opinions. Leave it at that.

by fascinated 7/22/2015 7:02:32 PM
@Just DT found the link?

by LG 7/22/2015 7:02:33 PM
I just looked at the jury foreman's Twitter page and he really, really needs to delete his account, for now anyway. It's waaaay too public and his full name is on his Twitter account, you should NEVER do that.

by Me 7/22/2015 7:02:36 PM
Just Thinkin- They have Google.

by CSP 7/22/2015 7:02:39 PM
Welcome back Anica!

by NT8 7/22/2015 7:02:41 PM
No @ me... not what I suggested at all. The people quoting scripture on a DP case Are the bible thumpers. Thought that was pretty obvious and also quite lame.

by Mark 7/22/2015 7:02:45 PM
@Humble Pride---It is certainly plausible that the PT is letting Mr. Orman conduct this part of its case for purely strategic reasons--i.e., as Tammy Garrison suggested, to show the jury that the PT's case is not just the opinion of one person on their team. He may have particular skill for this phase as well, like Ms. Teesch-McGuire showed during victim testimony.

by flip 7/22/2015 7:02:45 PM
@nicememe, I believe she has a vocal tremor.

by Kels 7/22/2015 7:02:47 PM
Just Thinking, the jury foreman brought it up when the link with his name was tweeted to him.

by Tammy Garrison 7/22/2015 7:02:53 PM
Hes no even looking at the pictures

by Kate 7/22/2015 7:02:55 PM
@Justthinkin.... last week we knew about the link... it was just sent to the Foremen over the weekend he said... and it was just posted on Monday in here about it....what do you know we don't?

by LG 7/22/2015 7:03:04 PM