Theater Trial

[cstone]

This is not about whether he did it. Best function for this trial is to release most of the information developed during the investigation to the public.

I do not believe he will ever be executed even if they can get past the insanity defense.

[Irving]

I do not believe he will ever be executed even if they can get past the insanity defense.

While it'd be a completely unfair gotcha question, I'd sure love to ask Hickenlooper if he'd pardon Holmes if given the opportunity.

[cstone]

While it'd be a completely unfair gotcha question, I'd sure love to ask Hickenlooper if he'd pardon Holmes if given the opportunity.

Hickenlooper won't have to consider the issue. By the time the ten plus years of appeals are out on a death penalty verdict rendered in 2016 (it will be that long after the trial is over before a sentence is handed down), Colorado will be two, maybe even three governors past the current occupant. Besides, after Dunlap, do you really have much doubt where the Hickenlooper stands on the death penalty?

[Irving]

Hickenlooper won't have to consider the issue. By the time the ten plus years of appeals are out on a death penalty verdict rendered in 2016 (it will be that long after the trial is over before a sentence is handed down), Colorado will be two, maybe even three governors past the current occupant. Besides, after Dunlap, do you really have much doubt where the Hickenlooper stands on the death penalty?

That's why it'd be an unfair question, because we all know he'll never have to be in the position to decide. I still would like to see someone ask him though, just out of spite.

[Dave_L]

"Hey Gov, why not save us all some time and give him a pardon right now like you were ready to do for Dunlap?"

If I were his lawyer, I'd just try to get one of his assistants to commit to giving him a pardon.

[TFOGGER]

Hopefully, he'll get put in gen pop in prison, and someone will feed him a urinal, like they did Dahmer...

[GilpinGuy]

That's why it'd be an unfair question, because we all know he'll never have to be in the position to decide. I still would like to see someone ask him though, just out of spite.

Call in to the Rosen show the next time Hick is on and ask him. I'd love to hear that.

[Irving]

Call in to the Rosen show the next time Hick is on and ask him. I'd love to hear that.

He is also on NPR once a week. I'm sure they'd screen that call. I could just pretend I had a question about the topic of the day, but I don't think I've got the balls to do it.

[Rucker61]

Yeah that is correct. When I heard "machine gun" though, I was wondering if he had something modified or maybe had that bump stock thing?

The irony from all this is that the 100 round mag that he used supposedly misfed yet people got caught up with that number and led to the ban. Ironic that if he used a bunch of 10 round mags they probably would have functioned better than the 100 rounder.

He fired more rounds from his handgun than he did from the AR.

[TheGrey]

Even the cops keep referring to his AR as an assault rifle, one guy called it a machine gun and no one was corrected. Anyone know if this thing was full auto?

There is an element of emotional manipulation involved in trials such as this. Lawyers want the jury to see things in the way that will best work for their side.