Colorado Movie Theater Shooting

James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas

2013-05-24 00:00:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...

James Holmes ordered 6 packages from ammo firm, documents show

2013-05-22 16:07:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Less than a month before last summer’s Aurora movie theater massacre, suspect James E. Holmes ordered six packages from an online ammunition supplier, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. According to the...

Insanity defense expected for theater shooting suspect James Holmes

2013-05-13 08:39:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- James E. Holmes, accused of carrying out the Aurora movie theater massacre that killed 12 and injured 70 last summer, is expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity in court Monday, his defense lawyers have said in a court...

Theater shooting suspect James Holmes to enter insanity plea

2013-05-07 16:08:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- James E. Holmes, suspected of carrying out the Aurora movie theater massacre that killed 12 and injured 70 last summer, will plead not guilty by reason of insanity in court next week, his defense lawyers signaled Tuesday in a court...

Justice vs. vengeance in Aurora

2013-04-12 17:17:00

Prosecutors have rebuffed an offer by James E. Holmes, the accused killer of 12 people in a movie theater rampage in Aurora, Colo., last year, to plead guilty in exchange for a sentence of life in prison. In deciding instead to seek the death penalty, the...

Poll: James Holmes and the death penalty

2013-04-12 11:58:00

Some friends and relatives of the victims of July's�movie theater shooting spree in Aurora, Colo., in which 12 people were killed and dozens injured, are pleased that prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against alleged gunman James Holmes and have...

James Holmes' psychiatrist warned he may pose threat

2013-04-04 23:08:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo.�— About a month before the Aurora movie theater rampage left 12 dead and at least 70 injured in July, James E. Holmes told a psychiatrist he was having homicidal thoughts and she concluded he could pose a danger to the public,...

Colorado university denies it barred James Holmes because of threat

2013-04-05 13:58:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The University of Colorado-Denver stood firm Friday in saying that it never barred James E. Holmes from campus, despite newly released court documents that indicate the suspect in the Aurora movie theater massacre had his ID card...

Prosecutor to seek death penalty for Holmes in theater shooting

2013-04-01 22:16:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — When the district attorney announced Monday that the suspect in the Aurora theater massacre could face the death penalty, one spectator pumped his fist in triumph. Others held their heads in their hands. George Brauchler,...

Colorado prosecutors shun James Holmes' guilty plea offer

2013-03-28 17:33:00

DENVER — Prosecutors said Thursday they are not ready to accept an offer from Colorado theater shooting suspect James E. Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. In a court filing, prosecutors criticized defense attorneys...

Colorado massacre: Judge enters not guilty plea for James Holmes

2013-03-12 10:59:00

CENTENNIAL, Colo.— A visibly annoyed judge ordered a not guilty plea for James E. Holmes, who is charged with the deadly Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, after his defense said they were not ready to enter a plea. Wearing shackles and prison...

Hours after baby dies, police ID suspect in Brooklyn hit-and-run

2013-03-04 13:28:00

NEW YORK -- A suspect in the hit-and-run deaths of a pregnant woman and her husband has been identified, hours after the death of the premature baby the woman was carrying, New York police said Monday. Police said they were looking for Julio Acevedo, 44,...

James Holmes, the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting suspect, in the courtroom during his arraignment March 12, 2013, in Centennial, Colo.

2013-05-13 08:25:44

Fox reporter Jana Winter, right, and her attorneys arrive for a hearing for Aurora theater shooting suspect James E. Holmes in Centennial, Colo., where defense attorneys want her to divulge her sources.

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Aurora, Colo., theater shooting suspect James Holmes sits in the courtroom during his arraignment in Centennial, Colo. On April 1, prosecutors announced they will seek the death penalty against Holmes.

2013-03-12 00:00:00