Posted on 08/26/2015 12:38:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
"It is the court's intention that the defendant never set foot in free society again ... If there was ever a case that warranted the maximum sentences, this is the case," Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour said.
"The defendant does not deserve any sympathy."
Survivors and relatives of those killed clapped and cheered as Samour then ordered deputies to remove Holmes from his courtroom, and the gunman was led away in shackles.
The 27-year-old was found guilty last month of murdering 12 people and wounding 70 after donning a helmet, gas mask and body armor, then opening fire with a semiautomatic rifle, shotgun and pistol.
The jury did not reach a unanimous decision on whether Holmes should be executed. That meant the former neuroscience graduate student, who had pleaded insanity, got a dozen automatic life sentences with no parole for his attack on the packed screening at the Century 16 multiplex in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
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Is it just me, or does this qualify as the most pointless prison sentence ever given in a U.S. court?
What’s it going to cost to incarcerate this bastard for 50+ years?
Death should be automatic when the charge is murder.
A lot more than the cost of a single well placed bullet.
Just turn him over to the families to do as they will. It’s not cruel or unusual. It’s reparations.
He’ll be out in 2,356
Off the mofo and be done with it.
Wanna bet that he's dead inside of five?
Think of all the money that would be saved by using a single round or a rope. What a joke.
In reality, Gov. Chickenpoop can commute the sentence or even pardon him ....
Yes, it’s more of a condemnation of our ‘justice’ system than of the criminal.
But then if scientists discover a cure for old age, he could end up being one miserable wretch.
life sentence means 99 years, so, 12 means 1188 years plus 3318... SO sometime in August of the year 6521 he skeleton can be removed from the jail cell. Works for me.
So he will be 3,346 yrs old when he gets out?
Just truss him up like a hog and let the families have at him Till he achieves room temp.
I hope he gets Dahmered.
One can only wish.
3318 years?
whoah! that’ll sure teach him not to murder again.
/sarc
Colorado’s political structure has been taken over by liberal millionaire/billionaire outsiders. you would not realize how out of touch the politicians are here from the rank and file voter. Hickenlooper is portrayed as a folksy down-home moderate democrat. he is not. he’s a radical leftie with contempt for the typical Colorado voter, but the media in Denver covers for him and hides all of this. the state supreme court is controlled by lefties. even if this kid had been sentenced to death (rightfully), Hickenlooper has essentially stated that he will commute all death penalties.
http://rockymountainheist.com/
http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/political-diary-hickenloopers-death-penalty-problem-1413993816
Sad, sick and wrong that nobody in that theater was armed and stopped this whacko.
This is exactly why I always carry when going to theaters. When asked about my pistol I just say “I remember Batman.”
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