Blog Archives
May 17, 2013
Aurora theater attack prompts new state mental health law
Lawmakers budgeted nearly $20 million for the expansion, which includes more short-term residential services
May 16, 2013
MIND CHANGED: Holmes defense team wants to plead insanity, judge likely to accept plea
Holmes is scheduled for trial in February 2014, but that date could be pushed back as Holmes is sent to the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo for evaluation.
May 9, 2013
City approves theater response study
One focus of the study will be an analysis of when emergency crews responded that night and how they attempted to rescue shooting victims.
Apr 25, 2013
PERRY: We can only save ourselves from kidnappers at the NRA
I’m talking about the real terrorist threat here in America: the National Rifle Association
Apr 20, 2013
Arapahoe prosecutors make case for death penalty against Holmes
One of the aggravating factors prosecutors listed Friday is the death of 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, the youngest of dead. Another says the slayings were "especially heinous, cruel or depraved."
Apr 4, 2013
MIND GAMES: Chasing the insanity defense in the courts
“The ability to organize and carry out a plan doesn’t mean that plan is not based on delusional thinking,” Liza Gold said. “You can have a plan that is delusional.”
Apr 4, 2013
Mayor Hogan tells Obama that guns aren’t nation’s only violence issue
“We all agree that there’s a problem of violence in society, and the answer is not just gun legislation,” Mayor Steve Hogan said.
Apr 3, 2013
GABBY GIFFORDS: Aurora and I know what gun background checks are really about
I reject the idea that taking action to reduce gun violence requires us to compromise on our liberties as Americans
Apr 1, 2013
Prosecutors seek Holmes’ execution in Aurora theater attack
Holmes made eye contact with his parents almost every time he entered the courtroom during the 6-hour-long hearing
Apr 1, 2013
Prosecutors seeking death penalty for accused theater shooter James Holmes
"Given all the things I've considered ... In all the information available to me, it's my determination and intention that in this case for James Eagan Holmes, justice is death," said 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler
