Post by Scumhunter on Jul 17, 2015 8:20:04 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2015/07/16/us/james-holmes-trial-colorado-movie-theater-shooting-verdict/
No surprise here, Colorado theater shooter James Holmes has been convicted of murder. Now the question is whether he gets life or the death penalty.
Holmes had tried to plead guilty by reason of insanity. Look, as I've said in the past, I've had mental illness in my family. I know it's not a made up disease. But this does not apply to the Holmes case. This wasn't a spur of the moment schizophrenic off his meds going psycho. This theater shooting took a lot of plotting and planning. This was premeditated and deliberate. This is what upsets me. So many of these cases these guys claim insanity as an excuse, making it that much harder for legitimate insanity cases.
As I've said in the past- I am usually torn when it comes to the death penalty- I do believe in an eye an eye a tooth for a tooth- it's just the potential of killing a wrongfully convicted person that gets to me. But in this case, where Holmes is obviously the culprit, please fry him.
No surprise here, Colorado theater shooter James Holmes has been convicted of murder. Now the question is whether he gets life or the death penalty.
Holmes had tried to plead guilty by reason of insanity. Look, as I've said in the past, I've had mental illness in my family. I know it's not a made up disease. But this does not apply to the Holmes case. This wasn't a spur of the moment schizophrenic off his meds going psycho. This theater shooting took a lot of plotting and planning. This was premeditated and deliberate. This is what upsets me. So many of these cases these guys claim insanity as an excuse, making it that much harder for legitimate insanity cases.
As I've said in the past- I am usually torn when it comes to the death penalty- I do believe in an eye an eye a tooth for a tooth- it's just the potential of killing a wrongfully convicted person that gets to me. But in this case, where Holmes is obviously the culprit, please fry him.
