Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Holmes?

The man who shot people at a cinema in colorado recently.

His charge sheet lists 24 charges of first degree murder. How is that possible when he 'only' killed 12 people? It also lists 116 charges of attempted murder. Again how is this possible when he only shot 58 people (70 including the deceased).

There were well over 200 people in the cinema at the time so I would have thought if they were saying he attempted to kill them all that the attempted murder charges would be 280 or so.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

i must admit I thought the same when I heard it on the radio.

Seems a bit strange.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

hopefully this may explain it better for you

Holmes, who was represented by a public defender at the hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, was charged with 24 counts of first-degree murder and 116 counts of attempted murder.

His attorneys asked for more time before entering a plea. For each of the 12 fatally shot moviegoers, Holmes faces one count of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree murder with "extreme indifference." The maximum penalty is death, the Denver Post reported.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

but how can you be charged with two murder counts for one murder? Surely it can only be one as there is only one victim. It seems a bit like arresting somebody for burglary and charging them with stealing your TV and then charging them again for stealing your DVD player.

And I still don't understand the 116 attempted murder charges.

As I said, I'm not defending him at all. I'd have him locked up from now till 3012 in solitary confinement.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

i know your not trying to defend him. its just the way it works here in the USA.

and i think he will be given the death penalty.

but instead of keeping him on death row i think they should give him the lethal dose straight away.

it was a premeditated attack planed for several months.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

the 116 counts is the same as the murder .2 counts for each attempted murder.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

Cheers. That makes a lot of sense actually. I still don't understand the two charges for each one but at least the 116 figure makes sense.

I'd be interested to see how many shots he fired and how many people he shot at but missed. I would have thought that shooting at someone but missing would be an attempted murder charge but it seems not.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

he fired around 3000 shots i do believe. some of the injured were in the screen next door. the bullets went through the wall. one guy was hit just under his ear the bullet travelled and came out the other side. it missed all vital parts he just had 2 large holes.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

3000? Bloody nora (Who's nora?) that's a LOT of shots.

 

Re: Whilst not trying to defend him at all can anyone explain the charges against Hol

just been trying to find out exactly how many shots but cant find anything. he had 2 pistols,a shotgun,and an automatic assault rifle.