Jury selection begins in long-awaited Colorado theater shooting case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The fate of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes ultimately hangs on whether the jury thinks he was sane or insane at the time of the rampage.
The process to decide who those dozen jurors will be begins Tuesday afternoon when the first wave of an unprecedented 9,000 prospective jurors reports to the Arapahoe County Justice Center.
The start of jury selection comes two and a half years after Holmes snuck into a suburban Denver movie theater on July 20, 2012, and opened fire on 421 people watching the midnight showing of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises.” Twelve people were killed and 70 injured.
The case has rekindled debate about the death penalty, gun control and executing people who are mentally ill. The defendant, now 27, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Lawyers’ feuding about his mental evaluations have led to lengthy delays in the trial. ...
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