The Latest: Theater Shooter Prosecutors Argue For Execution
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial:
1:27 p.m.
Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting trial have started urging jurors to sentence James Holmes to death row by playing a slide show that includes photos of the 12 victims.
The sentencing phase of the trial started Wednesday. Prosecutors are beginning by explaining so-called aggravating factors that make Holmes eligible for execution, including that he killed a child.
Prosecutor Richard Orman told jurors that Holmes intended to kill more than 12 people when he opened fire in a crowded theater in 2012.
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Orman says that Holmes went into the crowded theater "and intended to kill every single one of them."
Holmes' lawyers had said the slide show was inflammatory and are urging a sentence of life in prison.
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11:40 a.m.
Jurors who convicted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes of murder are back in court to decide whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
The penalty phase of the trial starts Wednesday with prosecutors telling jurors why Holmes should be eligible for execution. They'll talk about aggravating factors, such as Holmes killing a child younger than 12 in the 2012 attack at a crowded movie theater.
The jurors last week convicted Holmes of 165 counts of murder and other crimes stemming from the shooting that left 12 people dead and 70 injured.
The sentencing phase was delayed for about two hours while lawyers argued about prosecutors' plans to use a slide show that includes pictures of all the victims.
District Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. ruled that prosecutors could again show it.
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9:55 a.m.
The sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial has started, with defense lawyers trying to block prosecutors' plans to use a slide show that includes pictures of all the victims.
Jurors who convicted James Holmes of the 2012 attack that killed 12 people and injured 70 will first hear from prosecutors Wednesday. Holmes' lawyers said the slide show is inflammatory.
Prosecutors and the defense are expected to spend about a month making their cases for why Holmes should be either executed or sentenced to life in prison.
The jurors last week convicted Holmes of 165 counts of murder and other crimes stemming from the shooting at a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver.
