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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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@ Marsha Laurienti : "Then turn it off, Frank. She is allowed her opinions and she is allowed to say what she feels on that platform provided by the court. She's not saying it for your benefit, she's saying it for her own and her child."
This is a public trial. An historical death penalty trial. I have a right to witness and a right to comment on this open forum. I'm glad Judge Samour is calling this witness up short. -
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I think the judge did our state good by not just speaking to those in the courtroom but to those watching who might later on be the victim of a crime and need to know what the American justice system is designed to operate under. And frankly I agree with Judge Seymour that our justice system is the best in the world (even if flawed at times).
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"... just as is your right to your opinion, she has her right to her statement." Of course she does and I never denied it. I thought she droned on in a disrespectful tone, almost in contempt of court. I'm glad the judge called her on it. I hope the next 100 witnesses are more respectful of this process and not as self-righteously contemptuous as this one.
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ruined. The sometimes incomprehensible rule of law. The judge is wise and learned, the people are within their rights to have feelings few others have gone through, and so cannot judge. The tragedy of this unthinkable act will go on for generations. My heart weeps for it all...I will be forever moved by the humanity shown by the prosecutors
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I think the judge did a good job during the trial, but It's obvious that he wasn't listening to what this last witness had to say. In some ways our justice sucks. No one who commits a mass murder should get life instead of death. Colorado needs to repeal the insanity plea!!!!
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I think there might be twelve jurors that MIGHT feel justice was served...the entire case rested on their shoulders for months.. Justice is ALWAYS in the eye of the beholder...just like beauty.....is not always what you see on the surface...you have to dig deep into the case to see if justice was given due process. I believe it was in this case.
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The insanity plea is not the issue. Remember, he was found to NOT be insane. The mental illness argument can ALWAYS be made in such a heinous crime (how many of us have said or felt "you'd have to be crazy to do something like that!"? I believe, like it or not, that what this person said is what many feel. The judicial system is set up to value the life of the accused over the lives of the victims. Imperfect as it is, I also think we have a pretty good system in place. -
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