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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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Both sides spent millions of dollars. Just look at what they paid the Drs. In this case. Even though they could of taken the plea I think the community really needed to know what happened in that movie theater. I myself just wished the outcome of the trial would of been different. It may make people upset,but I do hope after this is over the next time I hear the name of this defendant is that someone in prison got ahold of him. Just my opinion. -
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I don't know that anyone is editing comments...used to be if they were edited they would say Edited by Phil Tensor or whoever did the edit? Also the comments are coming up immediately and they weren't manned during lunch breaks, so no comments went up for very long periods of time while the trial was going on. -
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I usually follow the laws of CO so I've never really had to worry about getting accused of doing something I haven't done. The thing I was accused of doing, I actually did and pled guilty to it. :shrugs: If the defense attorney sits by and watches as his investigator assaults a victim's family member, I don't have a bit of pity for them. Comparing a metal shearing bullet to an underflated football...I mean these attorneys made their beds...
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I don't know Tammy - I used to be against the death penalty, but WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS. I now believe that if someone is, in fact, anti-death penalty, then it is hypocritical to say, for instance, "but in this case................" I've done a lot of soul searching about this one as I have reached my Senior years.
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lbby, I have 2 reasons for not supporting it. First, there are too many people on death row who are innocent, many who have been proven by DNA to be so. The advances in DNA are taking care of that argument. Secondly, its about winning cases, not about getting to the truth. For example, we know that there are things in this case that if included and the jury had heard them, there probably would have been a different verdict.
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luce, I support it in this case for four reasons. 1. We know for sure he is the perpetrator. Secondly, the massive number of people injured/killed. Third, because he did what he did to the extent that he did to get the exact sentence that he got. Finally, it was the overwhelming wish of so many of the family member/victims of the crime.
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I, personally, support the death penalty. What I do not support are endless appeals that go on for years and years. I think the appeals process should be limited and should have a time limit that begins as soon as the defendant is sentenced. There are prisoners who have been on death row for years and years and there may be some whose death sentence will never be carried out. -
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