[Updated at 12:31 p.m ET] The suspect in Colorado shooting case has been charged 24 counts of first-degree murder.
Holmes was charged twice for each victim who was killed.
There are three different classes of murder charges in the state of Colorado. One set of charges is because Holmes is accused of shooting after deliberation, referring to the planning of the attack. The second set of charges is because he is accused of having an attitude of universal malice, manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
Holmes was also charged with 116 counts of attempted murder, one count that is a sentence enhancer because of violence and one count for possession of explosive devices.
Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers said last Monday that deciding whether to pursue the death penalty would involve input from victims and their relatives. A capital case would require a finding of either extreme indifference or deliberation.
[Updated at 12:17 p.m ET] James Holmes, the man accused of opening fire this month inside an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater, has been officially charged with a total of 142 counts, including first degree murder in relation to the shooting.
[Posted at 11:30 a.m. ET] The man accused of opening fire this month inside an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater will have his second court appearance Monday, when he is to face formal charges.
James Holmes is suspected of killing 12 people and wounding 58 during a Batman film premiere on July 20. He is also being held in connection with the subsequent discovery of his booby-trapped apartment, which authorities think he rigged before the massacre in the Century Aurora 16 multiplex.
Holmes is to be led Monday morning through an underground tunnel that connects the courthouse to the Arapahoe County Jail, where he has been held in isolation without bail.
At his court appearance, which starts at 11:30 a.m. ET, he is expected to face 12 charges of first-degree murder, charges of attempted first-degree murder and charges related to the booby-trapped apartment.
In his initial court appearance last Monday, the 24-year-old former doctoral candidate - his hair dyed various shades of orange - appeared dazed and did not speak.
Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers said last Monday that deciding whether to pursue the death penalty would involve input from victims and their relatives. A capital case would require a finding of either extreme indifference or deliberation.
Authorities have remained silent about a possible motive in the case.
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Pastor: Where God was in Aurora
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but why? why plot and plan to kill innocent people if he isn't suffering from a mental disorder? Why THAT and not baking 4,284 cookies? I mean, why the murder of innocent strangers? He is sick, there is no question... we want vengeance, not justice. It is what it is, and you calling for his death makes you NEARLY as bad as he is... if you go and try and do him in yourself, it makes you JUST as bad as he is.
The thing is, you just can't shoot over 70 people with no consequences other than comfortably living the rest of your life in a mental hospital. Justice has to be served. He needs to take responsibility for his own actions and take whatever sentence the court gives him whether it be life in prison or death. He did this to himself.
If I'm president, I Mitt flip flopping Robme will protect your second Amenrment rights and so would my running mate James Holmes.
Why couldn't you and your family been in that theatre?
He's hot!
Due process is a fundamental right in this country. You don't pick and choose when it is used. Don't worry, this guy is done. Like Charles Manson, he will not live another day in freedom. That is simply not going to happen.
none of you seem to see that the suspect is in a daze, has been in a daze since he was arrested outside the theater and probably longer than that. he is drugged, its almost obvious that he is being manipulated, used and setup as the patsy. You all have the natural emotional reaction to this tragedy but seem to lose you critical thinking skills when something like this happens. Why does he looked so drugged when he was a Phd student ? Why does he claim not to remember anything ? Where di the money come from to fund all of his purchases ? Where did he learn how to build bombs and booby traps, learn to shoot like a soldier and then warn the police not to enter his apartment – none of this makes any logical sense.
So he was on drugs.
Artificial courage.
So?
He was probably drunk, too.
Liquid courage.
So?
I AM TIRED OF SEEING THIS GUYS FACE IN THE NEWS.
Are you serious? Input from the victims or their families.......does anyone think most of them, esp. Family of those who died, won't want the death penalty?
A terrible tragedy for all the families. May the memories of the victims be eternal. We add our prayers and our sorrow for your loss.
Stop turning him into an anti-hero. You just want more death for another story so we can ask "But WHY did he do it?"....Did it make him famous? Yes. In a positive light? You think he cares? Someone is paying attention to him.
I give up, I don't see anything I write showing up....
He didn't KILL / Murder anybody, it wasn't him,,,, it was somebody else, it was "The Joker",, a totally different person, just watch, that'll be the Defenses argument,,, soon enough,,,
If I'm your president, I Mitt tax evading Robme will protect your second Amendment rights and so would my running mate James Holmes.
For those dummies who think it isn't the same guy; pout your lips and feel your nose. Now try a wide no-teeth smile. Your nostrils expand with the smile. The reason his eyes look different is due to a low quality color photo versus a full color photo.
He was disgruntled because his TEA spilled.
Death penalty by dismemberment just like the movie law abiding citizen only it would be for real.