DA wrangles with defense's star witness in theater trial

July 8, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 No detail of Dr. Raquel Gur鈥檚 report on James Holmes鈥 mental state was too small for George Brauchler to pick apart. The defense attorney spent all of Wednesday criticizing Gur鈥檚 professional methods, notes, credibility and opinion on the gunman鈥檚 sanity. Gur is one of the defense鈥檚 star...

Denver psychiatrist sheds light on mental illness in Aurora theater trial

July 7, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 On day 44 of the Aurora theater shooting trial, Dr. Raquel Gur testified that James Holmes was legally insane at the time he opened fire on a movie theater. She is one of 20 mental health professionals who evaluated the defendant鈥檚 mental state. The gunman may face...

Dueling psychiatrists

July 7, 2015

It鈥檚 now two against two. Two court-appointed psychiatrists say James Holmes was sane the night of the theater shooting and two others say he was insane the night of the shooting. Defense witness Dr. Raquel Gur is one of those. In a moment which was designed to be the cherry...

Case moving into national spotlight as last week of testimony begins

July 6, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 As the trial of the Aurora theater shooter nears its end, there are new faces in the courtroom 鈥 political groups who have been watching and are possibly positioning themselves for the verdict. This afternoon, an anti-death penalty advocate sat near the defendant鈥檚 parents and talked with...

Ten Down, Two to Go

July 2, 2015

The defense in the theater shooting trial has one more week to prove to the jury that accused gunman James Holmes was suffering from a psychotic break and could not control his impulse to kill the night he opened fire into a crowded premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. As...

OPINION: Should we give life to death?

July 1, 2015

Journalist of 30 years shares experience with death penalty. The Aurora theater killer is in a diagnostic jail facility as authorities decide where to put him for the rest of his life. Most folks I run into want to discuss his fate. They say they hope he somehow ends up...

Separating intelligence, mental illness, insanity in Aurora theater trial

July 1, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 The Aurora theater shooter has an IQ score of 123, which ranks him in the category dubbed 鈥渟uperior intelligence鈥. Attorneys prosecuting the shooter, James Holmes, have brought this to the jury鈥檚 attention on multiple occasions, this week included. But what does this mean to the jury who...

7 things you didn鈥檛 see on the court monitor: Woman disrupts closings

July 1, 2015

"It's not true! Don't kill him! It's not his fault!" 1. Deborah Cave is in the back row. She鈥檚 been in the courtroom all week and suspicious deputies have already given her a warning about not making an outburst. Still, just as DA George Brauchler is making his closing argument...

Theater shooter acted "normal" for first few months in jail

June 30, 2015

Nearly four months into his imprisonment, the Aurora theater shooter began to act in a peculiar fashion: he licked walls, sat naked on top of his clothes, was verbally non-communicative, refused to eat or drink, ate a sandwich of meat and paper cups and defecated throughout his cell. Arapahoe County...

Delirium versus psychosis: Defense witnesses describe shooter鈥檚 bizarre prison behavior

June 29, 2015

Dr. Rachel Davis takes the stand Monday at the Aurora theater shooting trial in Centennial, Colo. CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥 On his charts, they called him Brady Arkansas. When he was admitted for psychiatric care in November 2012, Aurora theater shooter James Holmes was so well-known that doctors treated him using...

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