James Holmes‘ attorneys told a Colorado judge this morning during his arraignment hearing that they needed more time to respond to charges that their client killed 12 people and wounded 70 others in a Cinemark movie theater rampage last July 20 in Aurora, CO during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. But Arapahoe County Court Judge William Sylvester entered the plea for him, setting the stage for an August 5 trial. Holmes is charged will 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other crimes. The plea still leaves open the possibility Holmes could enter an insanity plea, The Denver Post reports. The paper said prosecutors will announce April 1 if they will seek the death penalty.


This guy isn’t crazy, and he knew exactly what he was doing. He’s evil. Take him out back, shoot him and be done with it.
You are a complete fool. First off the guy looks like he was forced feed anti psychotic drugs for months. Second the reports show that there was actually another shooter. But the media won’t talk about that.
Killing him of right away is exactly what the media and our government wants. No questions asked.
*prosecutors will announce if they will seek the death penalty*•••well duh•••This guy had no problem putting those people to death•••of course you have to seek the death penalty.
I look at this from an agent’s perspective with my first thought being: Who will play Holmes in the inevitable movie? I’d it’s theatrical Jim Carrey comes to mind. If made for TV I’d go with maybe Noah Wylie or Sean Hayes.
Of course he’s insane. What sane person would do this? The real question is will he be held accountable for his actions? Can this tragic event mark the end of not guilty by reason of insanity?
I would suggest a script mostly focusing on the victims to put a human face on what occurred and not the batshit crazy murderer gunman.