Opening statements in Aurora theater shooting trial focus on horror, insanity

April 27, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 Prosecutors focused on 鈥渂ullets, blood, brains and bodies鈥 during Monday鈥檚 opening statements in the Aurora theater shooting trial, while defense attorneys predictably posited that defendant James Holmes was insane when he walked into the theater on July 20, 2012, for a midnight movie showing that ended with...

WHAT? Change the theater shooting trial NOW?

April 27, 2015

COMMENTARY, NO BYLINE No. Think again. This afternoon the judge in the #theatershootingtrial denied a last-minute gasp by #James Holmes鈥 attorneys for a change of venue. Usually reading motions and files on the Colorado Judicial website is tedious, but Judge Carlos Samour has a sense of humor, which actually makes...

Aurora Theater Shooting trial begins Monday

April 23, 2015

The world will be watching Colorado over the next few months as the Aurora Theater Shooting trial begins Monday in Arapahoe County, nearly three years after the July 20, 2012, shooting. In the first minutes of that morning, during a midnight showing of 鈥淭he Dark Knight Rises鈥 at Aurora鈥檚 Century...

Aurora Theater Shooting trial buzz starts

April 18, 2015

COMMENTARY, NO BYLINE I heard today that one of the prosecutors working on the #theatershooting trial is so afraid of being recognized once things get heated, that he鈥檚 growing a beard. The prospective jurors were really worried about notoriety too. The judge, whose name is Carlos Samour, assured the jury...

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