07-21-2014, 10:46 AM
TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Two years ago yesterday, July 20th 2012, 12 people were killed and 70 were injured during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
![[Image: Makeshift-memorial-Aurora-theater.jpg]](http://catholiclane.com/wp-content/uploads/Makeshift-memorial-Aurora-theater.jpg)
The makeshift memorial outside of the the Century 16 theater after the shooting.
Here's an update on the case:
-THE TRIAL: Now scheduled to start December 8th 2014, after three postponements. The first was when prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty; the second, when prosecutors asked for a second state sanity evaluation of Holmes; the third, when a doctor doing that exam asked for more time.
-JURY SELECTION: Seating 12 jurors and 12 alternates will take months. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. will issue a summons to 6,000 people and expects 3,300 candidates. They'll fill out questionnaires and undergo questioning.
-POTENTIAL OUTCOMES / SENTENCES: If found guilty, Holmes could face the death penalty. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, he would be committed indefinitely to the state mental hospital.
-DEFENDANT JAMES HOLMES -- MENTAL STATE: Whether he could tell right from wrong in the shooting - the key finding of the first sanity exam - wasn't released. But the judge agreed with prosecutors that the doctor was biased and ordered a second exam that's due Oct. 15.
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/20..._ref=crime
Two years ago yesterday, July 20th 2012, 12 people were killed and 70 were injured during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
The makeshift memorial outside of the the Century 16 theater after the shooting.
Here's an update on the case:
-THE TRIAL: Now scheduled to start December 8th 2014, after three postponements. The first was when prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty; the second, when prosecutors asked for a second state sanity evaluation of Holmes; the third, when a doctor doing that exam asked for more time.
-JURY SELECTION: Seating 12 jurors and 12 alternates will take months. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. will issue a summons to 6,000 people and expects 3,300 candidates. They'll fill out questionnaires and undergo questioning.
-POTENTIAL OUTCOMES / SENTENCES: If found guilty, Holmes could face the death penalty. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, he would be committed indefinitely to the state mental hospital.
-DEFENDANT JAMES HOLMES -- MENTAL STATE: Whether he could tell right from wrong in the shooting - the key finding of the first sanity exam - wasn't released. But the judge agreed with prosecutors that the doctor was biased and ordered a second exam that's due Oct. 15.
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/20..._ref=crime