Colorado Shooter Appears in Court For First Time – With Orange Hair

Killer James Holmes appeared in court this morning in Colorado.
…With bright orange hair.

(Twit Pic)

NBC has live video from the courtroom.

Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol Chambers said Monday her office is considering pursuing the death penalty against Holmes.

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#1 July 23, 2012 at 11:00 am
Patty commented:

Carol Chambers is leaving in November. Death, this is a cliche, too good for this monster.

He is no better than Manson, Serial killer, or terrorist.

He committed terrorism. It will take a couple of years, possibly, for his trial to begin.
#2 July 23, 2012 at 11:06 am
Pistol Pete commented:

Too bad this human feces didn’t save us the trouble of feeding and housing him the rest of his miserable life.
#3 July 23, 2012 at 11:10 am
Patty commented:

OT

13-year-old’s act of heroism in Aurora massacre

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7415818n&tag=mg;eveningnews
#4 July 23, 2012 at 11:10 am
Stonedome commented:

He is not deranged, he is evil. Let’s stop mincing words here…no insanity defense for the joker, firing squad with one non lethal shot every five seconds until he is dead. He should feel the pain of his victims before he leaves this life…
#5 July 23, 2012 at 11:13 am
Gregor commented:

Who is the woman sitting next to him? Who would sit next to this Joker in court? The mother? Sister? Not me. If this was my son, I’d tell him “you’re on your own Joker.”
#6 July 23, 2012 at 11:14 am
Patty commented:

He planned this out, he is deranged but not insane. Just on monster who was so lonely and pathetic and never fit in society. So, he acted on this.
#7 July 23, 2012 at 11:17 am
JKB commented:

He didn’t think this hair thing all the way through. I think we should all point and laugh at him.
#8 July 23, 2012 at 11:17 am
Gregor commented:

Okay, apparently it was his public defender sitting next to him. I don’t care. I would quit my job before representing him. Not a chance in Hell. I’d work as a greeter at Walmart before that would happen.
#9 July 23, 2012 at 11:19 am
Patty commented:

Movie Theater Terrorist Attack By James Holmes in Aurora, Colorado…Everyone Asks Why

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In one of the worst terrorist attacks in American history, James Holmes shot dozens of people in a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

As the story evolves, we know what happened, but we don’t know why.

http://openline.blogspot.com/2012/07/movie-theater-terrorist-attack-by-james.html
#10 July 23, 2012 at 11:20 am
Finncrisp commented:

#5 – Fox reporting the woman in the picture is his public defender – that is some tough duty. I hope she is up to it.
#11 July 23, 2012 at 11:22 am
Jeremiah Lloyd commented:

Occupy wall street clown
#13 July 23, 2012 at 11:28 am
donh commented:

You are not getting the truth about this massacre….James Holmes belongs to a very old american CULT within Madam Blavatsky’s fraternity of theosophy …Witness the career of one Ernest Holmes…> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Holmes …One of many Holmes in California deep into Scientology thinking…Founders in the cult…and then there is Katie Holmes who starred in Batmna Begins…James’s orange hair is a devotion to the scarlet whore…famed witch Marjorie Cameron…who the cult worshipped as the whore of BABYLON…> http://youtu.be/Be1vs2lR_S0 ….who was the black magical partner of notorious rocket scientist and close colleague of L Ron Hubbard John ( jack ) Parsons….> http://youtu.be/VuIGqsUMdx4 … People who hold to Aryan Race beliefs committ mass murder because they believe the human species evolves through blood shedding. To their founders Human sacrifice is empowering …enlightening…and moves the agenda forward…and you can see how the political class has glommed onto this massacrce to move the statist agenda forward….There is order and control in managing this massacre to grip the public psyche …while accidental blood shed like that of illegals killed in Texas..gets ingnored by the media/political class ….because it wasn’t a planned cult sacrifice nor does it move the cult’s agenda forward.
#14 July 23, 2012 at 11:32 am
AuntieMadder commented:

@ Stonedome #4: Deranged and evil aren’t mutually exclusive. No need to deny that Holmes is both. His derangement did not render him unable to know the nature and quality of his actions Friday morning nor unable to know wrong from right.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Insanity+Defense

A defense asserted by an accused in a criminal prosecution to avoid liability for the commission of a crime because, at the time of the crime, the person did not appreciate the nature or quality or wrongfulness of the acts.

“The insanity defense is used by criminal defendants. The most common variation is cognitive insanity. Under the test for cognitive insanity, a defendant must have been so impaired by a mental disease or defect at the time of the act that he or she did not know the nature or quality of the act, or, if the defendant did know the nature or quality of the act, he or she did not know that the act was wrong. The vast majority of states allow criminal defendants to invoke the cognitive insanity defense.

Another form of the insanity defense is volitional insanity, or Irresistible Impulse. A defense of irresistible impulse asserts that the defendant, although able to distinguish right from wrong at the time of the act, suffered from a mental disease or defect that made him or her incapable of controlling her or his actions. This defense is common in crimes of vengeance. For example, suppose that a child has been brutally assaulted. If an otherwise conscientious and law-abiding mother shoots the perpetrator, the mother may argue that she was so enraged that she became mentally ill and incapable of exerting self-control. Very few states allow the volitional insanity defense.

The insanity defense should not be confused with Incompetency. Persons who are incompetent to stand trial are held in a mental institution until they are considered capable of participating in the proceedings.

The insanity defense also should be kept separate from issues concerning mental retardation. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2002 in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S. Ct. 2242, 153 L. Ed. 2d 335 (2002) that the execution of mentally retarded criminals constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” and that it was prohibited by Eighth Amendment. But if a person is acquitted by reason of insanity, execution is not an option.

The insanity defense reflects the generally accepted notion that persons who cannot appreciate the consequences of their actions should not be punished for criminal acts. “Most states regulate the defense with statutes, but a few states allow the courts to craft the rules for its proper use. Generally, the defense is available to a criminal defendant if the judge instructs the jury that it may consider whether the defendant was insane when the crime was committed. The judge may issue this instruction if the defendant has produced sufficient evidence at trial to justify the theory. Sufficient evidence invariably includes Expert Testimony by psychologists and psychiatrists.

When invoking insanity as a defense, a defendant is required to notify the prosecution. In some states, sanity is determined by the judge or jury in a separate proceeding following the determination of guilt or innocence at trial. In other states, the defense is either accepted or rejected in the verdict of the judge or jury. Even if evidence of insanity does not win a verdict of not guilty, the sentencing court may consider it as a mitigating factor.
#15 July 23, 2012 at 11:37 am
AuntieMadder commented:

#6 July 23, 2012 at 11:14 am
Patty commented: “He planned this out, he is deranged but not insane. Just on monster who was so lonely and pathetic and never fit in society. So, he acted on this.”

Yeah. When your idea of a good time is mass murder, it’s hard to make friends. /snark
#16 July 23, 2012 at 11:43 am
The Elector of Saxony commented:

What puzzles me is the following: Major Nidal Hasan (The Mohammedan Ft. Hood shooter) killed more people in less time than this guy did, i think with just his sidearm. Remember how quickly the media shoved that down the memory hole? So many facts that didn’t fit the Marxist narrative in that one. Brown skinned, oppressed Mooslim terrorist (er-freedom fighter) guns down unarmed soldiers including an unborn baby. So many problems for the media types there. So, away it goes. Nothing to see here, America. This is just some ordinary workplace violence. Major Hasan killed more people than this idiot, but I have yet to see that incident compared and contrasted to this one? Gee, I wonder why? It should make you wonder, too.
#17 July 23, 2012 at 11:54 am
democraps suck commented:

Should have killed the pecker head and saved a boat load of tax payer money
#18 July 23, 2012 at 11:55 am
Patty commented:

ot

EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Speaks At Saudi College Founded By U.S. Designated Terrorist

http://globalmbreport.com/?p=2242
#19 July 23, 2012 at 11:58 am
Patty commented:

Shooting suspect James Holmes called a loner who emulated the Joker; his mother says, ‘You have the right person’

Those who knew the 24-year-old Holmes describe him as a shy, intelligent person raised in California by parents who were active in their well-to-do suburban neighborhood.

Holmes, who was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program in Colorado, grew up in San Diego, where his parents still live on a quiet, street of two-story homes with red tile roofs. He played soccer at Westview High School and ran cross country before going to college.

Neighbors say the family belonged to a Presbyterian church and hosted a Christmas party for residents. Many families choose the San Diego neighborhood because
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it is part of the well-regarded Poway Unified School District, one of the best in California.

On Friday morning, police escorted the suspect’s father, a manager of a software company, from their San Diego home. The mother, a nurse, stayed inside, receiving family visitors who came to offer support. The suspect also has a younger sister.

A neighbor at the apartment building where Holmes lived in Aurora, Colo., said he was a recluse who wouldn’t acknowledge when neighbors passed him in the hall and said hello.

http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_21119714/report-colorado-theater-shooting-suspect-recently-dropped-out?source=most_viewed
#20 July 23, 2012 at 11:59 am
Patty commented:

The mother, a nurse