Jul 30 - James Holmes charged with 24 counts of murk, 116 counts of attempted murk

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Colorado prosecutors on Monday charged a former neuroscience graduate student with 24 counts of murk and 116 counts of attempted murk in the shooting rampage at the midnight showing of the new Batman movie.

James Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week, but at one point exchanged a few words with one of his attorneys in the packed courtroom.

The breakdown of the charges was not immediately clear.

The attack at "The Dark Knight Rises" left 12 people dead and 58 others injured. After his arrest, police said they found that his apartment was booby trapped. Among the charges Monday was one count of possession of explosives.

Legal analysts expect the case to be dominated by arguments over the defendant's sanity.

Unlike Holmes' first court appearance July 23, Monday's hearing was not televised. At the request of the defense, District Chief Judge William Sylvester barred video and still cameras from the hearing, saying expanded coverage could interfere with Holmes' right to a fair trial.

Last week, Sylvester allowed a live video feed that permitted the world its first glimpse of the shooting suspect. With an unruly mop of orange hair, Holmes appeared bleary-eyed and distracted. He did not speak.

Attorneys also were arguing over a defense motion to find out who leaked information to the news media about a package the 24-year-old Holmes allegedly sent to his psychiatrist at the University of Colorado Denver.

Authorities seized the package July 23, three days after the shooting, after finding it in the mailroom of the medical campus where Holmes studied. Several media outlets reported that it contained a notebook with descriptions of an attack, but Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers said in court papers that the parcel hadn't been opened by the time the "inaccurate" news reports appeared.

Read more: Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes charged with 24 counts of murk, 116 counts of attempted murk in 'Dark Knight' massacre - NY Daily News

damn so they charged him for double the people he hurt?

they give him f2nd and first degree for all twelve?

If Colorado doesn't use the [rip] penalty on this kid they might as well do away with it.

thats an easy way if you ask me... let him sit in jail with no parole

[pic] @ 24 counts. 24 people didn't even die. They're using this dude as an example... [pic]

24 Counts of murk [pic] 12 People died, and I'm sure he'll be serving 3 Consecutive Life Sentences too right? [pic]

THIS COUNTRY IS A JOKE

it doesn't matter what they charge him with. he's going to die anyway. [pic]

They should just put him in a maximum security prison out in general population and give him consecutive life sentences. Word around town is the inmates are all thinking of creative ways of k!lling this kid. I bet he wouldn't last a week.

Innocent til proven guilty? [pic]

Lol holy !! you're dumb

God damnit

man just k!ll this mother!!er and be done with it...don't waste anybody taxes by keeping his[..] locked up for years...just k!ll him now...

lol @ your avy

the person in court isn't the one who did the shooting so it doesn't matter...

You can't possibly be this stupid.

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You're really one of them?

Wow some of you people are so !!ing stupid [pic]

dont be stupid

yes. in the event they dont find him guilty of First Degree, they'll get him for second. And if he is found guilty of 1st, then they'll have trial to determine if they want to give him the [rip] penalty or Life w/o parole.

see above



oh because its innocent until proven guilty, he supposed to just be let out back into society? That's what judges set bail for and I'm sure he doesn't have money to make bail. So he'll sit in the can while trial is going on. Which doesn't matter, because he'll end up in prison once the trial is over regardless; barring any !! ups from the prosecution.