Theater shooting trial day 63: Phase 3 closing arguments

Jurors will come face to face with the ultimate question in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial: Should James Holmes be put to death by lethal injection?

3rd & 7 37yd

According to the defense team, all mass murders must be mentally ill! Ridiculous

by mld 8/6/2015 9:04:29 PM
Brady: "The qulity of mercy is not strained. It falleth from the heavens like...." oh hell, where are my notes again?

by flip 8/6/2015 9:04:33 PM
Choosing NOT to commit mass murder makes us civilized

by Sue 8/6/2015 9:04:34 PM
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"he was seriously mentally ill and this tragedy was born of disease and not of choice. We do not execute anyone for getting sick"

by Phil Tenser 8/6/2015 9:04:55 PM
she is giving the jury a guilt trip?

by Sun David 8/6/2015 9:04:56 PM
Every time I hear Ms. Brady talk, it sounds like she's in pain...

by KabeAndAbel 8/6/2015 9:04:58 PM
@PT -- I assume you'll do another poll?

by Lynn 8/6/2015 9:04:59 PM
@CindyL--Absolutely agree. Brauchler for Governor. Say it loud, and say it proud!

by flip 8/6/2015 9:05:04 PM
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"Only you can decide what is right for you morally"

by Phil Tenser 8/6/2015 9:05:14 PM
i think it's logical to believe that the jury would believe this mercy stuff if he had EVER shown any sort of remorse.

by jeez 8/6/2015 9:05:15 PM
@RickS do you see through her showmanship as well? Brady is "acting" just as much, if not more than Brauchler. She is grasping at straws.

by MyraJ 8/6/2015 9:05:19 PM
"...Just like James Holmes did not ask for mental illness." REALLY? How about "Just like 12 people did not ask to be killed to increase someone's self-worth"?!

by DocJ 8/6/2015 9:05:22 PM
The victims he murdered had mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers and their lives meant something too.

by Liz 8/6/2015 9:05:24 PM
She needs to move to a state without DP if it is so hard for her.

by Suzanne 8/6/2015 9:05:27 PM
@Sophia: right????

by Poppy 8/6/2015 9:05:29 PM
think she kicked herself in the teeth with that statement

by mandi 8/6/2015 9:05:30 PM
@sophia exactly what i think everytime they say something about how he's never been in trouble before

by jeez 8/6/2015 9:05:31 PM
Yeah, Sophia. That's called a "mulligan."

by tg_kendall 8/6/2015 9:05:34 PM
How do you give mercy to someone that was merciless??? He showed NO compassion. He has not shown any remorse. And a massacre is NOT a "sad event". I'm just livid.

by kindlezee 8/6/2015 9:05:38 PM
How much time does she have left?

by cookie 8/6/2015 9:05:40 PM
So much in this closing argument that is just wrong and offensive.

by npc 8/6/2015 9:05:43 PM
Take that Brady..SUSTAINED

by Dennie Carp 8/6/2015 9:05:45 PM
I thought he was 'a big boy' who didn't object.

by CSP 8/6/2015 9:05:46 PM
JH didn't choose mental illness; his parents didn't choose mental illness for him - but all of those who went to the theater certainly didn't choose death, injury or terror

by Laura Lou 8/6/2015 9:05:49 PM
All the people he murdered had family that thought their loved ones lives mattered also, what gives his family the right to still visit him when he took that away from so many

by Coco 8/6/2015 9:05:53 PM
I still have them at the Bench.... not where you are Phil.... lol

by LG 8/6/2015 9:05:56 PM
How many thousands of people have schizophrenia and have not committed mass murders? He knew right from wrong, he knew it was evil, and he needs to be held accountable for his actions...and life in prison with privileges, and jobs, and education is not justice.

by JAM 8/6/2015 9:06:00 PM
She is not the world's best advocate for the mentally ill I am afraid.

by MW 8/6/2015 9:06:02 PM
Brady reminds the jury that only one of them needs to disagree to stop a death penalty

by Phil Tenser 8/6/2015 9:06:23 PM
If you think about the content that each had to work with, DT should be wrapping up before her redundancy becomes annoying. GB had 12 victims + his general statements.

by Mr.D. 8/6/2015 9:06:31 PM
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Brady says spending the rest of his life in a cell alone is "a severe punishment" and "he will be punished one way or another"

by Phil Tenser 8/6/2015 9:06:57 PM
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"Nothing at this point can shield him from punishment"

by Phil Tenser 8/6/2015 9:07:07 PM
My connectipn broke again. Grrr. Regardless, ...Brady is bringing a child up now? Veronica? Anyone? She doesn't compare to Brauchler. Doesn't compare.

by BluesB 8/6/2015 9:07:10 PM
Good point, Sophia. Please someone tell her they didn't make the point that he was insane.

by JW 8/6/2015 9:07:19 PM
"It will not go away just because we don't like it"
Yes but the same could be said for broccoli.

by puglife 8/6/2015 9:07:22 PM
I can't wait for GB's rebuttal...

by Poppy 8/6/2015 9:07:23 PM
JH had no mercy! He chose and planned to kill.

by Suzanne 8/6/2015 9:07:24 PM
I don't think JH can interrupt the trial?

by Jen 8/6/2015 9:07:26 PM
Hi Sally Mander! How are you enjoying the daily Brady scolding?

by flip 8/6/2015 9:07:29 PM
I can't help but want to laugh when the defense says anything. What a joke! I guess someone had to try and defend him though..

by I bet the victims asked for... 8/6/2015 9:07:32 PM
Brauchler was amazing

by npc 8/6/2015 9:07:33 PM
you didn't prove his mental illness at the time of the crime.... and the jury rejected it as an excuse

by mandi 8/6/2015 9:07:34 PM
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"JH committed this crime because he was psychotic and delusional and that is what makes him less morally culpable"

by Phil Tenser 8/6/2015 9:07:57 PM
I bet she's got at least one juror..

by Lynn 8/6/2015 9:08:01 PM
Last person to die in the Aurora Theater shooting will be James Holmes

by Greg Edwards 8/6/2015 9:08:02 PM