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Theater shooting trial day 55: Phase 2 continues with defense witnesses
Defense attorneys will continue to call witnesses in the first full day of phase 2, where they are trying to show mitigating circumstances sufficient to convince the jury to spare their client's life. James Holmes was convicted last week of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting in which 12 people were killed and 70 were injured. Jurors also agreed with the prosecutors that sufficient aggravating circumstances were present to move forward to this stage.
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Here is a summary of what happened yesterday in this case, if you missed it:
Jurors agree to move on to 2nd phase of sentencing hearing for movie theater shooter James Holmes
7NEWSThe jurors in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial have concluded their first deliberations of the sentencing phase. -
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Good morning! I have a question that occurred to me last night. I am not a watcher of trials to the degree that many of you are. Has there ever in the US been a trial of someone accused in a crime such as this other than the doctor who was tried by the military after the Texas shooting? it seems that most of the perpetrators were either killed during the commission or committed suicide almost immediately after. -
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Loz-I agree 10, 000%. That couldn't have been total coincidence. I hold JH partially responsible for even more suffering now...A bold statement, but I'm going out on that limb. If nothing else, he set the precedent-even if the date was irrelevant to Lafayette shooter.
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Hey everyone! 'Missed you in the p.m. when I had to go. 'Re-read your comments though and felt like I was vicariously experiencing it all...I turned on CNN last night & was astounded at the Lafayette shooting. Just felt sick. I wonder how Judge Awesome will address this...jurors had to have seen some of the coverage, & it referenced Aurora Shooter's anniversary many times....'thoughts, anyone...?? P. S.
I feel horrible for those in Lafayette, also for victims here dealing with even MORE memories/PTSD if they saw it...'Did make me wonder if Aurora Shooter felt he had a copycat. He had to be "remembered ", afterall... (SIGH). :/ -
You must keep asking yourself why this keeps happening. There are no words. This trial was what I immediately thought of last night and what the jurors are going to think. Please, think of the families in Aurora and those families in Lafayette this morning. No punishment will ever be enough.
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One of the victim's mother tweeted about it last night...I pray none of us here have to experience this. @fascinated, I'm anticipating a late start, due to last night and ways to instruct the jurors. I wonder how they will proceed...plus, even if you didn't hear anything about Aurora, it's the idea that someone claiming insanity came covered in body armor and here's this older man, dressed normally, and shot up a theater. Which seems more "insane"?
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I agree, Kels...totally. This is probably unchartered territory in terms of a shooting happening during penalty phase of the "original" shooting mass murder/crime. It did make me reflect on how many MORE Aurora shooter killed and injured...12/70....makes it hit home even harder.
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We begin today with heavy hearts, knowing all too well what our counterparts and contemporaries in Louisiana are going through. We wish for them the chance to find some kind of peace or closure soon, and we hope that the world finds some way to put an end to this unacceptable violence.
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