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‘Dark Knight’ shooting suspect James Holmes claims amnesia
NY Daily News ^ | July 26th 2012

Posted on 07/29/2012 4:14:23 AM PDT by TeaPartyRules

Accused mass murderer James Holmes told jailhouse workers that he remains stumped about what landed him in a Colorado lockup, a jail staffer told the Daily News. “He claims he doesn’t know why he’s in jail,” the worker said Thursday. “He asked, ‘Why am I here?’”

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To: DeepInTheHeartOfTexas
Yes...a reasonable comment, but I was trying to come up with a diagnosis that the shrinks for the defense will use. They must be specific, and go according to the DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the APA).
43 posted on 07/29/2012 8:59:20 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: dubyajam

Fully agree. The amnesia fits right in with that idea also.


44 posted on 07/29/2012 9:04:20 AM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: tsowellfan

The pictures I saw of the bloody footprints did not lead from the theater doors to his car. One picture clearly showed the footprints leading up the sidewalk away from his car.

BTW, I too am a admirer of Thomas Sowell.


45 posted on 07/29/2012 9:09:24 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Salgak
In such case, he should be taken out and put down, just like any other mad dog that has killed innocents. . .

So you support "death panels" for those who suffer from serious,chronic,brain disorders? I have a (fairly,at least) serious,and chronic,heart disorder.Should I be put down too?

46 posted on 07/29/2012 9:12:07 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Poor Barack.If He's Reelected,Think Of The Mess He'll Inherit!)
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To: TeaPartyRules

He must have remembered being there, because he wanted to know how the movie ended.


47 posted on 07/29/2012 9:40:01 AM PDT by pallis
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To: TeaPartyRules

He can claim anything he wants, and I will not be too concerned about it. He will not get out into society, ever. His only options are death penalty, the supermax prison in Colorado, or a mental institution. Probably the mental institution option seems better. But he will never be a free man any more than Charles Manson.


48 posted on 07/29/2012 9:53:36 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: TeaPartyRules
This would actually work, this Amnesia Defense.

Except for the months of preparation part.

That kinda kills his defense.

49 posted on 07/29/2012 10:03:49 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I hate the Universe, and it hates me.)
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To: Resettozero; tsowellfan
"The pictures I saw of the bloody footprints did not lead from the theater doors to his car. One picture clearly showed the footprints leading up the sidewalk away from his car."

Those footprints belong to the victims. They ran out of that exit door. Police also took some of the victims in their squad cars so the prints could have been from a victim who was helped by police.

The shooter probably never saw any prints. He was most possibly in custody by then.

50 posted on 07/29/2012 10:31:20 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: TeaPartyRules

Someone willing to kill innocent people is also willing to lie...

The creep’s lying.


51 posted on 07/29/2012 11:30:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (Political correctness is simply George Orwell's Newspeak by a non-threatening name. FR- Bernard Marx)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Have you killed innocents ? If so, then yes.

The death panel involved will be a jury, but the bottom line is, that if you’ve killed by direct action, then a medical condition is NOT an excuse. . .


52 posted on 07/29/2012 1:01:33 PM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
Are we going to shoot this movie on the original location? Holy Moly that's some far fetched CT for ya!

Maybe he was the remote control and the FF button got stuck, or maybe he is just a looney reprehensible POS...either way it's evil personified!

53 posted on 07/29/2012 1:02:09 PM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free.)
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To: Salgak
The death panel involved will be a jury, but the bottom line is, that if you’ve killed by direct action, then a medical condition is NOT an excuse. . .

So you lack the imagination needed to understand that there just might be physiological...genetic...structural disorders of the brain,or disorders caused by one or more brain injuries that might absolve the sufferer of moral responsibility for such a deed? To give one example...Charles Whitman,the young guy who killed all those people at the University of Texas in the 60's,was killed at the end of his standoff.An autopsy was done on him and they found a brain tumor in an area of the brain that's vital in controlling behavior.Are you *sure* that *he* was morally responsible for his acts at the time?

54 posted on 07/29/2012 3:15:47 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Poor Barack.If He's Reelected,Think Of The Mess He'll Inherit!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

You are nutz. When someone kills 10 people and maims even more he should get the death penalty. Crazy or not crazy he needs the death penalty. Matter of fact craziness and possible organic brain disorders are irrelevant to me. I don’t seek to understand him or his condition.

I seek justice. For his innocent victims


55 posted on 07/29/2012 3:44:08 PM PDT by dennisw (Government be yo mamma - Re-elect Barack Obama)
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To: dennisw
Matter of fact....possible organic brain disorders are irrelevant to me. I don’t seek to understand him or his condition.

Tell ya what.You wear a label on your sleeve identifying yourself as "dennisw" so that I can know who you are.Once you've done so if I ever come across you lying on the sidewalk,your heart having stopped due to an organic disorder,I'll walk right past you because,after all,you should have known better.

56 posted on 07/29/2012 4:19:46 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Poor Barack.If He's Reelected,Think Of The Mess He'll Inherit!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I, frankly do not give three-fifths of a squirt of lukewarm urine for any “medical conditions” the Aurora Killer may or may not have had.

He engineered and planned, over a period of months, his preparations to do his mass attack AND rig his apartment with an intricate series of traps, designed to kill or maim anyone who entered his apartment, likely first responders.

THAT is what you put him down for. Active, premeditated actions over an extended period of time that killed, by design, multiple innocents, and could have killed many more.

Your “defect” argument is specious: he was sufficiently functional to do all the prep over a period of MONTHS.


57 posted on 07/29/2012 5:03:54 PM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
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To: Salgak
I, frankly do not give three-fifths of a squirt of lukewarm urine for any “medical conditions” the Aurora Killer may or may not have had.

A request to anyone on this thread who might have had the misfortune of having a loved one who suffered from chronic schizophrenia to weigh in here.I've never experienced it in a family member but 20 years working in a large hospital's ER has caused me to see it,up close and personal,and to also meet several parents of these patients and hearing bits of *their* stories.

58 posted on 07/29/2012 5:15:05 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Poor Barack.If He's Reelected,Think Of The Mess He'll Inherit!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

A request for you to get off your high horse. The Aurora Killer was a mad dog, and needs to be dealt with as one. . .


59 posted on 07/29/2012 5:42:55 PM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
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To: Salgak
The Aurora Killer was a mad dog, and needs to be dealt with as one. . .

The child in this video,suffering from a serious,biological,brain disorder (rabies) could be considered a "mad dog".If he were to injure someone in this state how would you "deal with" him?

human being with serious brain disorder

60 posted on 07/29/2012 6:21:41 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Poor Barack.If He's Reelected,Think Of The Mess He'll Inherit!)
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