Theater shooting trial day 56: 'Phase 2' of the penalty process continues

'Phase 2' of the penalty process continues in the trial of James Holmes for the Aurora movie theater shooting. He was convicted earlier this month on 165 counts and now his defense is presenting mitigating evidence in an attempt to convince the jury his life should be spared.

3rd & 7 37yd

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Lacroix: "I think he was ranked 5th in the world... on Warcraft III."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:15:19 PM
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Lacroix laughs: "My favorite show is still The Office, because he introduced me to it."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:15:51 PM
It's almost like he's talking to JH too...

by Della (Me) 7/27/2015 8:15:53 PM
not a surprise that he was really good at video games

by happy 7/27/2015 8:15:54 PM
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Brady: "Could he be funny?"
Lacroix: "Certainly. He called coupons 'coups.' I remember that."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:17:10 PM
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Brady: "Did you consider him a friend of yours?"
Lacroix: "Definitely."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:17:43 PM
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Lacroix on first hearing his friend was the theater shooting gunman: "Oh, James Holmes, it's a fairly common name, it's gotta be someone else... in my mind there's almost two separate people. The James you see in the media and the James I knew as an undergrad."

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:18:55 PM
- New Witness
Defense calls Chris Eagan Holmes, the gunman's sister.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:21:19 PM
How is the helping the defense?

by happy 7/27/2015 8:22:13 PM
Wow this is a good witness for DT

by Della (Me) 7/27/2015 8:22:14 PM
Good question Mr. Orman

by MyraJ 7/27/2015 8:22:15 PM
Ummmm...don't know how that helped the DT.

by TammyC 7/27/2015 8:22:16 PM
yay Chris holmes !!

by nic 7/27/2015 8:22:17 PM
OMG- it's the sister!!!

by Victoria 7/27/2015 8:22:18 PM
Wow, his sister...this should be interesting.

by TammyC 7/27/2015 8:22:19 PM
WHOA! Wow.

by Kels 7/27/2015 8:22:57 PM
is he smiling at his sister?

by Resa 7/27/2015 8:22:58 PM
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"My parents are incredible.. I think my brother and I are both really lucky," the gunman's sister says in a shaky voice.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:24:06 PM
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They were at every concert, every game, every practice, the gunman's sister says of her parents.
"I saw my dad help a lot with my brother," Chris Holmes says.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:24:48 PM
I thought they had about 40 witnesses.

by Tammy Garrison 7/27/2015 8:24:50 PM
WHAT has this got to do with anything?

by Tammy Garrison 7/27/2015 8:24:58 PM
poor girl,I'm sure she loves her brother.

by Resa 7/27/2015 8:24:59 PM
I know that this is just a part of the defense but I find it SO offensive for the people of Colorado to spend this amount money and all the time the jury has to spend listening to what a wonderful person this convicted mass muderer is.

by JW 7/27/2015 8:25:02 PM
why do they have the same middle names

by JG 7/27/2015 8:25:03 PM
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"They were both actively involved in what he was doing," the gunman's sister says of their parents.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:25:29 PM
Noticed that, JG.

by Tammy Garrison 7/27/2015 8:26:40 PM
Based on prior testimony, sort of seems like the sister got more attention often times than the gunmen...

by Kels 7/27/2015 8:26:45 PM
@JG I'm guessing they are using (sharing) both parents' names. Just my guess.

by MyraJ 7/27/2015 8:26:46 PM
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"He was awkward socially because his brain is always analytically thinking about things," Chris Holmes says of her father.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:28:11 PM
@JG I bet it is a Looks like they spell it differently though.

by Suzi Lewis 7/27/2015 8:28:23 PM
@JG - my guess is it was mom's maiden name. Used to be common to do that.

by Ann 7/27/2015 8:28:25 PM
My mistake. the names are spelled the same.

by Suzi Lewis 7/27/2015 8:28:32 PM
@7 - Has there been any word on if the parents will testify?

by colo 7/27/2015 8:28:37 PM
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"They never fought in front of us. I never witnesses them really being mean to each other," the gunman's sister says of their parents.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:30:31 PM
The gunman's sister is 22 years old.

by anica.padilla 7/27/2015 8:31:20 PM
Are the parents on trial here?? this is weird testimony

by Dennie Carp 7/27/2015 8:31:22 PM
very slow swiveling from him with her up there

by JG 7/27/2015 8:31:23 PM
Ooh, perhaps you should have prepped your witness a little better! Some of her word choice is really hurting you DT.

by Stephany 7/27/2015 8:31:27 PM
So this is the sister who according to Dr.Reid said did not even send her brother a "damn postcard" for 2 years. Even Tim McVeigh's sister remained close to him.

by kindlezee 7/27/2015 8:31:34 PM
@anica, I thought she mentioned that about her father?

by Kels 7/27/2015 8:31:37 PM
She talks a lot like him. Creepy

by Loz 7/27/2015 8:31:43 PM
"They taught us to treat others the way that we would want to be treated."

by Tammy Garrison 7/27/2015 8:31:45 PM
Dennis agree!

by Tammy Garrison 7/27/2015 8:31:52 PM
I feel for this young lady. It can't' be easy coming to terms with what her brother did. Of course she wants to spare his life. I just hope the state doesn't drill her.

by litprof 7/27/2015 8:32:28 PM
@Kels, Re: Anica's quote, i believe you're right. It was about her father, not JH

by Loz 7/27/2015 8:32:43 PM