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And now the first wave of government stupidity hits. I take that back not stupidity it's outright deceit. They are trying to tack a gun control amendment onto a cyber security bill. What the fuck do high capacity semi autos have to do with cyber security other than being an easy way to sneak it into law like they did with the UIGEA on that port security bill?
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...ontrol-measure
the shooter was seeing a shrink and even mailed a copy of his plan to his female psychiatrist a week before the mass murder occurred but nobody bothered to open the envelope, he is absolutely going to plead insanity and according to Colorado law the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he is "sane" so the bottom line is James Holmes is going to get away with the mass killings plus wounding 50+ people
Rollo, in what way do you think he will "get away with it?" You mean escape the death penalty?
he wont even go to jail tony he will be admitted to the nut house for therapyQuote:
Originally Posted by tony bagadonuts
i'm against the death penalty
Yeagh, yeagh, yeagh.............Quote:
Originally Posted by limitles
HE shouldn't even get a trial just get whacked for what he did
James Holmes, the man accused of opening fire this month inside an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater, has been officially charged with a total of 142 counts, including first degree murder in relation to the shooting.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30...ace/?hpt=hp_t1
very slim chance of him not going to prison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo Tomasihe wont even go to jail tony he will be admitted to the nut house for therapyQuote:
Originally Posted by tony bagadonuts
i'm against the death penalty
Very unlikely. Given the amount of planning involved, the duration of his symptoms, and his high functionning its unlikely he won't be considered sane to a legal degree. Insanity defenses nearly never work even in legitimate cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo Tomasi
Almost everyone with a mental ilness, including people who have a psychotic disorder, meet legal requirements to be considered sane.
Not exactly, rollo. When a defendant pleads insanity, the burden of proof RE:insanity falls on the defense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rollo Tomasi
http://news.yahoo.com/lawyers-accuse...035545564.html
DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused movie theater gunman James Holmes are asking a judge to rule on the constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense law before they decide whether their client should enter an insanity plea, court filings made public on Friday showed.
In a series of motions, public defenders representing Holmes said Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester needs to define how much information Holmes would have to disclose to court-appointed psychiatrists should he raise the insanity defense.
Colorado law says that a defendant who pleads not guilty by reason of insanity must cooperate with court-appointed psychiatrists, which defense lawyers said could violate Holmes' right not to incriminate himself.
Holmes, 25, is scheduled to enter a plea on March 12, but it is unclear if that date will hold in light of the defense motions.
He is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder for the shooting rampage last July that killed 12 moviegoers and wounded 58 during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado.
At a January preliminary hearing, prosecutors laid out their evidence against Holmes, detailing the lengths he went to in amassing an arsenal of firearms and explosives in preparation to commit mass murder.
Sylvester ruled there was enough evidence to bind the former University of Colorado neuroscience graduate student over for trial in the massacre.
Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler has not formally indicated if he will seek the death penalty against Holmes. But last month he announced he had hired a death penalty prosecutor to work on the case.
The defense said in a separate motion that if Holmes is required to provide information, it could be used against him not only at trial but in sentencing as well, should he be convicted.
In the motion, defense lawyers said they believe that portion of the insanity law is unconstitutional, and they cannot effectively advise their client until that legal issue is resolved, which they said has not been challenged before in Colorado courts.
"No published Colorado case law has examined the current provisions ... regarding insanity and mental condition in the context of a capital case," the motion said.
Under Colorado law, prosecutors have 60 days to announce if they will seek the death penalty once a defendant enters a plea. Former Denver prosecutor Craig Silverman said defense lawyers will pull out all the stops to prevent Holmes from going to death row.
"The defense team is teeing up every possible appellate issue," Silverman said, adding that all three of Colorado's death row inmates were convicted and sentenced in the same jurisdiction.
The tragedy stands as one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history and one that ranked briefly as the most lethal in 2012 - until 20 children and six adults were killed in December at a Connecticut elementary school.
(Editing by Tim Gaynor and Xavier Briand)
Holy pom poms Batman when did this happen?
Nice take down on the tourney there Bubs