Attorneys bring up 'Dead Man Walking,' Boston Marathon bombing

May 18, 2015

FIRST-PERSON COMMENTARY (NO BYLINE) The defendant is now growing mutton chops 鈥 the latest in facial hair styles he鈥檚 chosen since he was incarcerated nearly 3 years ago. Should the jury live under a rock? When Tsarnaev received the death penalty Friday for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing...

Reporter by trade, human by nature

May 18, 2015

COMMENTARY - The very people that the Aurora theater shooter maimed sit just a stone鈥檚 throw away from him describing in as much detail as allowed the events of that day, the bodily wounds suffered and the long-term, physical disabilities or pain. Gunshot victims have told about and/or shown the...

Week 4 of theater shooting trial reveals Boston Marathon bombing concerns, motorcycle training

May 18, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 Deputy District Attorney Rich Orman threw his hands up, and his face twitched in irritation as he approached the podium to respond to the defense鈥檚 request. The fourth week of the theater shooting trial opened Monday with a defense request to poll the jury if they heard...

Objection overruled: The unseen second trial of James Holmes

May 18, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 In the Aurora theater shooting trial, one of the only courtroom behaviors more persistent than defendant James Holmes鈥 eerily interminable chair swiveling is the repeated cry of 鈥渙bjection鈥 from the defense. Public defenders seek a not guilty verdict for Holmes 鈥 who killed 12 and injured 70...

Jury selection starts in Aurora Theater Shooting trial

May 18, 2015

COMMENTARY, NO BYLINE There鈥檚 a retired Army ICU nurse, a female explosions expert, and a victim鈥檚 advocate who, if she鈥檇 stayed with Aurora two more years, she鈥檇 have been counseling traumatized movie theater shooting survivors instead of sitting on the jury of one of the country鈥檚 most horrific massacres. Colorado...

James Holmes court interview transcript June 12, 2012

May 17, 2015

https://cunewscorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Exhibits-05-06-151.pdf

Police transcript of a James Holmes interview

May 17, 2015

Attached is an audio snippet from the transcript of the theater shooter鈥檚 second interview conducted the afternoon of the shooting. The actual police transcript follows. I requested a transcript from the courts and guess what landed in our laps? The transcript. It鈥檚 all about the bombs which were strategically placed...

Snapshots of the shooter's life

May 15, 2015

FIRST-PERSON COMMENTARY, NO BYLINE Court exhibits: https://cunewscorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Exhibits-5-5-151.pdf We鈥檙e learning more about James Holmes from previously secret documents now being made public as the trial moves along. We鈥檝e gone through his trash, learned his chilling spending and shopping habits, and now we see his online log-ins from July 5th through just...

Day 13: Aurora theater shooting trial prosecution delays bullet damage testimony, calls more victims

May 14, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 On Thursday, like most days of the Aurora theater shooting trial, the heaviest testimonies came last. The day began with Aurora Police Crime Scene Investigator Maria Pettolina on the stand once again. Pettolina, who began her testimony Wednesday, led jurors through more photos of bullet holes and...

Day 12 鈥 Aurora theater trial prosecution pushes through doldrums

May 13, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 Wednesday鈥檚 trial proceedings showed that it鈥檚 possible to feel bored in the presence of a mass murderer. Now in its third week, the trial of James Holmes has begun to settle into a routine. Victims of the July 20, 2012, mass shooting at an Aurora movie theater...

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