Parents of Colorado theater gunman plead for son’s life to be spared

Rueters ^ | Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:20pm EST | Keith Coffman

[BenLurkin]

Defense lawyers have conceded that Holmes was the lone gunman but say he was in the throes of a psychotic episode, a claim his parents repeated in their statement.

“He is a human being gripped by a severe mental illness,” they said of their son, adding that before the mass shooting, “he never harmed anyone and ... had no criminal history.”

[BenLurkin]

"My baby never did nothin' wrong"

[al baby]

I vote to put him out of his mental illness

[Gay State Conservative]

“He is...gripped by a severe mental illness,”

All the more reason to put him down.

[MeshugeMikey]

he was working on the release of his first RAP C.D.. ....and had such a promising futire

[Cen-Tejas]

I don’t think liberal Colorado has executed anyone in a long time.

[hal ogen]

Dear parents of this monster: You failed as parents. Your son is a mass murderer. He needs to be offed.

[AppyPappy]

Why?

[trisham]

He’s a danger to others. Lock him up in a maximum security prison for the rest of his life.

[ThunderSleeps]

Spared? No.

[pallis]

A quick death would put him out of his misery, and ours. Mom and dad will adjust.

[fatnotlazy]

Why should Holmes get life when he took the lives of 12 of his victims? Holmes gets to see holidays, enjoy visits with his family. The only family visits the victims might get will be at their graves.

Sorry, but the insanity defense is overused. A lot of people have mental illness. They don’t go to a movie theater and open fire. Holmes isn’t crazy. He’s just plain evil.

[umgud]

he was in the throes of a psychotic episode,

His victims were in the throes of a violent life-ending episode.

[umgud]

he was in the throes of a psychotic episode,

His victims were in the throes of a violent life-ending episode.

[Popman]

Bump your post....

Thinking the same thing..but you said it much better...

[MeshugeMikey]

Im certain that the First Community Organizer can find time during his upcoming World Apology Tour....January through April...2015... to visit the family and make things right...

[Chode]

so, are they willing to stand in his stead??? do-em all...

[Persevero]

I don’t think parents are necessarily failures if their kids go nuts.

[Cen-Tejas]

Looked it up. Colorado has executed 1 person (Gary Lee Davis) in the past 37 years!

I don’t think this theater killer’s parents have much to worry about! Colorado is a safe place for killers. He probably knew that when he did it.

[Kenton]

Yeah, mom and dad, we hear these kind of sad excuses all the time, with the single exception that you haven't described him as an 'aspiring rap artist trying to get his life back together'.

What you have there is the human equivalent of a rabid dog. It doesn't matter if he was a cute little tyke once, you let him grow up to be dangerously crazy, so blame yourselves in part for what happen to him.

As far as a justification for executing him (I prefer a rope, but that's just me), I prefer an old Texas legal standard - he's a man who just deserves killing.

[grobdriver]

Fry’im.