Holmes case and trial costs still being tallied

Dec. 20, 2015

Number reaches $4.5 million — and that doesn't begin to count defense attorney salaries and some expenses still to be released by prosecutors Graphic by Lo Snelgrove/CU News Corps No one knows exactly how much taxpayer money was spent on the Aurora theater shooting case, but the three-year investigation and...

Meet Colorado’s Public Defender

Dec. 7, 2015

Why we don't know how he spends taxpayer dollars and what it's like to defend bad guys like the Planned Parenthood shooter Colorado Public Defender Doug Wilson This CU News Corps story ran in the Colorado Independent . Colorado Public Defender Doug Wilson’s office, which provides free criminal defense for...

Coffee With George Brauchler: Theater shooting case DA sits back

Aug. 22, 2015

On the eve of the Aurora theater gunman’s formal sentencing, we have a conversation with the District Attorney who prosecuted the case for seven months. George Brauchler sat down with CU News Corps’ Carol McKinley to explain what’s ahead. This week, starting Monday, dozens of victims who were in theaters...

Does Colorado’s death penalty have a race problem?

Aug. 22, 2015

James Holmes was sentenced to life in prison despite killing more people than the three African American men, on Colorado’s death row, combined. Now, many are asking, does race affect who gets death? James Holmes killed more people during his movie theater massacre than Nathan Dunlap, Sir Mario Owens and...

OPINION: The ‘benefits’ of mass killings

Aug. 7, 2015

Blood and horror. Senseless violence. Public death. Not many people would disagree that mass killings are awful occurrences. But some people benefit from them. Friday afternoon, Aurora theater shooter James Holmes was sentenced to life in prison. The jury could have — if they’d unanimously agreed — chosen execution for...

Jury rejects death for Holmes

Aug. 7, 2015

Theater killer will spend his life in prison without parole. CENTENNIAL, Colo. —James Holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. The 12-member jury was unable to reach the unanimous decision required for the death penalty. One of the jurors, who reportedly cited...

In the jury’s hands: Scenes from closing arguments

Aug. 7, 2015

1. George Brauchler pacing like a prize fighter before his closing remarks, looking over at the crowded victims’ families side. 2. James Holmes, who had his head on his hands during jury instructions while the jury is out, is now staring straight ahead. And, as always, twisting in his chair...

Holmes’ life in hands of jury

Aug. 6, 2015

Killer's fate could be decided as early as Friday CENTENNIAL, Colo. — After more than 60 days in court, the Aurora theater shooting is over. No more closing arguments, no more phases. Only the deliberations remain. In hours or days, the world will know whether James Eagan Holmes is to...

Down to the Wire

Aug. 5, 2015

Wednesday, the prosecution wrapped up its victim impact section of the penalty phase with testimony from arguably the persons who suffered the most tragic loss in the theater shooting: Veronica Moser Sullivan’s mother. The video was taken in 2001 on her last Christmas morning by her paternal grandfather, Robert Sullivan,...

James Holmes still eligible for death penalty

Aug. 3, 2015

Theater shooting survivor Josh Nowlan says though he is very religious, he’s not opposed to the gunman receiving death in this case. “On to the next phase,” he said Monday. By Kelsey Ray CU News Corps CENTENNIAL, Colo. — James Holmes is still eligible for the death penalty, a jury...

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