Prick was a coward. Should have shot himself.. Only upside, I hope they put him in general population…
I think Colorado (at least theoretically) still has the chair. As much as I dislike the death penalty, a death sentence in this case wouldn’t make me too upset.[/quote]
My prediction is that Holmes will be advised to cop a plea that he was legally insane at the time of the shooting and in the weeks leading up to it. He can’t really go to trial. It’s a huge waste of time and money. There were hundreds of witnesses who saw his hair colored red as “the Joker” and that was exactly the way he was arrested . . . If found legally insane, he will likely end up at a state psychiatric facility, at least for the first year.
What is most troubling to me is that Holmes entered the theatre as an unarmed regular customer and no alarm was set off when Holmes exited the emergency exit to get his body armour and weapons. Had there been, it would have likely alerted theatre security to the door and he would have never made it back in to do the shooting. I think this issue could end up being a cause of action in civil proceedings against the owners of the theatre. [/quote]
Well, looks like the prosecutors/judge threw the book at Holmes this morning by double-charging him and he said nothing except to agree to waive time. As it should be. He has nothing to lose at this point.
It also appears that Holmes was engaged in psychiatric counseling just prior to the incident. Since the incident appears to be premeditated, one wonders whether the act of seeking and engaging in counseling in the days/weeks leading up to the shooting was also premeditated.
Holmes may have actually mailed his therapist his plans for carrying out the shooting prior to its execution (a cry for help?) but the pkg sat in the university mailroom for a week and his therapist did not receive it until the Monday after the shootings took place. Of course, the university turned the pkg over to police.
[quote=bearishgurl] [quote=spdrun]…Yeah, we could attempt to totally eliminate one-in-a-million crime, but that would lead to a totally controlled world that’s not much fun to live in. Any litigation against the theatre would be money grubbing, plain and simple.[/quote]
I understand. But I think it will happen, regardless . . .
btw, those “emergency exit” doors are supposed to set off alarms. You have to ask yourself what happened with that and if they did, why didn’t the theatre security respond?
The victims’ families are entitled to these answers and they no doubt will get them … in one way or another…[/quote]
Sounds like answers are beginning to be forthcoming …
I don’t know CO law but I predict lawyers for the victims will state that customers have a reasonable right to be kept safe while patronizing public venues.
I’ve seen a lot of stuff like this in my day, including the way it all plays out . . . ad nauseum. Stay tuned.
