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James Holmes Arguments Against The Death Penalty

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Witnesses at the Century Aurora 16 complex said minutes into the special midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” on July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes had slipped through an emergency exit door of the sold-out movie theater, propped it open, and returned armed with three guns and wearing a ballistic helmet, body shields, a gas mask obscuring his face, his hair tinted orange. He tossed two hissing gas or smoke canisters and calmly walked up the aisle open firing at moviegoers, killing 12 and wounding 70. Arrested without resistance while he was standing next to his car behind the Century 16 theater shortly after the shooting and jailed without bail awaiting trial, James Holmes was described by law-enforcement officials as …show more content…

Holmes was convicted on 24 counts of murder and 140 counts of attempted murder for the 2012 Aurora shooting that killed 12 people and injured 70 others. He had no known criminal record prior to the shooting. “We believe that the death penalty is morally wrong, especially when the condemned is mentally ill,” his parents had written in a letter. “He is a human being gripped by severe mental illness. We realize treatment in an institution would be best for our son. We love our son, we have always loved him, and we do not want him to be executed.” The Holmes’s said that their son should be sentenced to life without parole and that the attention that would have gone into a trial should be dedicated to victim recovery. “Our family has not given interviews to the media because we do not want coverage of ourselves,” the couple wrote. “We mourn the deaths and the serious injuries and emotional trauma of the others who were in the theater. The focus should be on the injured and their

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On September 14th in jail, Mescosta County, prisoner Raymong Paul Holmes commited sucide by hanging himself from a rope. Holmes was arrested on August 29th for the operating a drug lab, first-degree retail fraud and possession of marijuana. His previous criminal record shows Holmes has been very active with charges varying from dosmestic-violence, operating intoxicated, use of a controlled substance to fourth-degree fleeing police and disorderly drunk. After a couple day of his arrest, the deputies where informed by Holmes family about his strong medical and psychological needs. He was reported to be mentally unstable and had suicidal ideations and theirfore he required additinal attention.

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Holmes is found guilty with the murder in the first degree. He has the penalty of dying by hanging. While waiting for death, he says he had committed 27 murders. Henry Webster Mudgett met his demise on May 7,1896. It is unsure how many people Holmes has killed, but it is definite that he had killed 9 people.

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