James Holmes to plead guilty

[SideShow Bob]

And...........

[XC700116]

Bs that bastard knew exactly what he was doing, FRY HIS ASS!


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This ^^ and in a way, I'm almost convinced he's playing up the nutcase thing. He isn't dumb, the guy was a neuroscience major, I think he could very easily fool the docs to make them come up with the insanity ruling.

[Eric P]

We honestly need to do away with this plea. If you snap and do this, you get off? Bullsh!t...

Mental state should never be considered, only whether of not you did the crime. No need keeping crazy worthless sacks of shit around. They need to be eliminated from the gene pool.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

It'd be terrible if he tripped and bounced his head off the concrete floor, stairs, wall, cell bars and the toilet...

[Hummer]

The needle is too easy for him. I favor hanging.

[TFOGGER]

The needle is too easy for him. I favor hanging.

Feet first, wood chipper. Slowly.

[Aloha_Shooter]

This is one case where I'd emulate Sharia law and just hand him over to the victims' families.

[Madeinhb]

This is one case where I'd emulate Sharia law and just hand him over to the victims' families.

+1

[rockhound]

it's just too bad he dropped his weapon when the cops showed up, this thng could have been over and done with a long time ago.

[Kmanbay]

From the Boulder County Bar Association website:

Insanity and impaired mental condition are complicated defenses that are rarely used. In Colorado a person is insane if the person is suffering from a mental disease or defect that makes the person "incapable of distinguishing right from wrong." See C.R.S. § 16-8-101. A defendant raising this defense admits committing the acts but claims that he or she was insane at the time of the commission of the acts. The defendant must present evidence of insanity. Once the defendant raises such evidence, the burden shifts to the prosecution to prove that the defendant is sane. If a jury finds that the defendant was insane, the defendant is committed to the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo until such time as the defendant is capable of being safely released back into society. The definitions and procedures for determining sanity and release are set out in Article 8 of Title 16 of the Colorado Revised Statutes.

The defense of impaired mental condition is related to the defense of insanity and is even more difficult to understand and rarely used. Impaired mental condition is defined in Colorado as a disease or defect of mind that is grossly abnormal and prevents a person from forming the culpable mental state that is an element of the offense charged. See C.R.S. § 18-6-102(2.7). As with insanity, a defendant must present evidence of an impaired mental condition, once the defendant raises such evidence, the burden shifts to the prosecution to prove that the defendant is sane, and a jury decides whether the claim has been proven. A person found not guilty by reason of impaired mental condition is committed to the state hospital in the same fashion as one found not guilty by reason of insanity.


I want Holmes to die, preferably once for every person he hurt and killed but that isn't possible. A plea bargain ending with multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole is better all of the way around. He never gets a chance to do it again. He doesn't cost us millions of dollars fighting both against him and for him. He will live in fear every single day of the rest of his life, because like someone else said he would be a "trophy kill" in prison, and he will never see the outside of the walls. The families will also not have to go through the anticipation of whether this appeal will be the last and he will actually be put to death, or if cleared by the courts that the govenor will give him a stay.

The families will not have to testify, relive or otherwise be drug through a painfully long, months for sure, trial not knowing for sure if the bastard will be convicted and sent to prison or to the state hospital with the possibility of being released when he is "better". I cannot even conceive of being on the stand telling the story of how my wife's head exploded next to mine or how I watched my young child died in my arms because of him. Too much trauma for the families after all they have suffered plenty because of this useless f%%k.