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Theater shooting trial: Non-capital sentencing hearing
James Holmes will learn his punishment for 141 other crimes tied to this case in a hearing that begins Monday; these crimes include the charges for explosives planted in his apartment.Victims, families and the gunman will have another chance to address the court, similar to the other sentencing phase. The key difference is that there will be no jury in this hearing and the sentencing decisions will all be made by the judge.
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"I just wish I could speak with JH so he could know that I support him."
Frank
And there you have it folks...it's one thing to oppose the death penalty; it's one thing to feel that this prosecution was wrongheaded...but to support this murdering animal...well that says it all. -
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I find it interesting that those who are seemingly incensed by people being upset with the jury were some of the same ones calling the same jury heartless murderers when it looked as though they would uphold the death penalty. I pray that I am never in the position of any of these victims or of any of the jurors, for that matter. We just have to realize that they were put in a terrible, unenviable situation and did the best they could. -
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The bottom line is do you believe he is that severely mentally ill or did he fake most of it and was sane and let evil fill his heart? I don't believe in the severity of his mental illness. He's answered all too easily to questions from the judge or listened to this defense team whisper to him things during the trial and has easily understood all of them. The people he's most deceived are his parents and his sister.
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Every expert witness, both for the defense and prosecution, agreed that "but for" the defendant's "severe mental illness." he would not have committed the crimes. He scored extremely low on every scale of malingering/faking, in every one of the dozens of tests administered. There is no question about it. He's was/is not faking it.
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