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- The insanity defense that his team tried proved unsuccessful, and Holmes will now be sentenced for his crimes. Holmes faced two counts of first degree murder for each of the twelve victims killed during the shooting. The jury found him guilty on all 24 counts.
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Jul 23, 2015 · By Angel Idowu | July 23, 2015. James Holmes was found guilty of first degree murder last Thursday for the deaths of 12 people in the July 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting. The insanity...
Apr 27, 2015 · Aurora Shooting Trial: James Holmes 'Not Faking' Insanity Plea, Defense Tells Jury. James Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. By ABC News. April 27, 2015, 3:27 PM. 2:57. The ...
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It’s no secret that Holmes has struggled with mental health issues throughout his life, but mental illness is not the same as criminal insanity. Colorado defines insanity using a modified version of what’s called the M’Naghten Rule, along with the Irresistible Impulse Test. The M’Naghten Rule, established in England in the mid-19th century, focuses...
Injured victims, FBI examiners and first responders have all walked jurors through the horrors of July 20, 2012. It’s fair to say everyone in the courtroom is now familiar with the extent of Holmes’ attack. Thanks to testimony from his landlord, professors and peers, they also understand the defendant’s intellect. He was highly intelligent, success...
Bob Grant, who successfully prosecuted the last trial in Colorado to end in execution, has been watching the trial. “I think (DA) George (Brauchler) knows what he’s doing,” he said in an interview. But David Beller thinks they’ve got their work cut out for them under Colorado’s burden of proof law. “My legal opinion is that despite the horrific nat...
Aug 26, 2015 · A jury rejected Holmes’ insanity defense and convicted July 16 him of 24 counts of murder, 140 counts of attempted murder and a single explosives charge. But the jury could not agree on the...
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Jul 17, 2015 · We the jury find the defendant, James Eagen Holmes, guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. MARKUS: The families wept as the judge read the verdicts. Some jurors wiped away...
Aug 8, 2015 · That automatically eliminates the death penalty for Holmes, who blamed his killings of 12 people on mental illness. The verdict came as a surprise. The same jury earlier rejected Holmes’ insanity defense, finding him capable of understanding right from wrong when he carried out the 2012 assault that injured 70.
Jul 16, 2015 · CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was convicted Thursday in the chilling 2012 attack on defenseless moviegoers at a midnight Batman premiere after jurors swiftly...
