12 dead, 58 injured in Colorado at midnight showing of Dark Knight

The trial was inevitable when the prosecutors rejected a "life but no death penalty" deal from the defence, no?

 

Update. Jurors are set to consider the death penalty.

Our little James is comfort eating.

 

He'll never be executed. Either he'll never be competent, the sentence will be overturned on appeal, or the United States will abolish it before he's executed.

 

I think you can make a pretty good case that they guy is mentally ill. So I agree that -- since he is not in Texas -- he will never be executed by the state.

 

I'll take that bet.
This guy is a poster child for the death penalty. I think he alone halts talk among Colorado lawmakers for abolishing the DP.

I'm sure it will be years before he's executed, but it happens.

In truth, his sentence should be carried out 30 days from the verdict.

 

So this guy is a poster child for the death penalty, but not a poster child for strictly limiting access to assault weapons? Whatever works.

 

If he's a "poster child" for anything, it might be abolition.

He has a serious mental illness. This is absolute lunacy to me, along with the Eddie Ray Routh verdict. We're holding lawyer contests to determine someone's mental capacity. Why? Because that's how they did it in 16th century Britain, of course. Why else?

Lunacy.

As far as your proposed expedited timeline: I'm OK with being certain on this one.

 

Uh ... What?
Where did I say that... ever? Ever?
I won't argue with you. I agree. But if Sandy Hook, and two theater shootings can't change gun laws and culture nothing - short of suspending the Constitution and implementing a dictatorship - will. Nothing.
That said, I'm not sure the two are are - or should be - linked.

I'll have to agree if he's not executed, no one should be.
Mental illness? ... Uh, no shit.
Anyone who commits a mass shooting prolly has a mental illness. So. What. Sorry mental illness that results in multiple deaths of innocent people via violent means it not an excuse for absolution (by mental defect) and state-assisted care for the remainder of your natural life.
No, sorry, you forfeit your pathetic life. Best to you in the beyond.

 

Evil,

I wasn't trying to paint you in a corner. My feeling is that some seem satisfied that if a guy shoots up a movie theater and kills 12 people and gets the death penalty, case closed. Everything good.

I always try to think, "How can we avoid this?" And one answer would be to keep certain weapons off the streets.

As an aside, I also think he is mentally ill and should not be executed but should not be released, either.

 

Life.

No air conditioned solo cell with cable TV for him.

 

Everybody gets away with everything.

 

Four victims of the attack owe the movie theater $700,000 for legal bills.

Aurora massacre survivors sued. How did 4 end up owing the theater $700,000?