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William Sylvester

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Name: William Sylvester

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law

DENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their ... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - 4 hours ago]

Entities: James Holmes, Self-Incrimination, Capital Punishment

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Judge to hear arguments on Colorado's insanity defense

The judge who will hear the capital murder case against accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes said Thursday he will hold a hearing on the constitutionality of Colorado's insanity defense law in cases. Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, Sentencing, William Sylvester, Self-Incrimination

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Insanity defense expected for theater shooting suspect James Holmes

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- James E. Holmes, accused of carrying out the Aurora movie theater massacre that killed 12 and injured 70 last summer, is expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity in court Monday, his defense lawyers have said in a court ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 13 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, Insanity defense, William Sylvester, Capital Punishment, Insanity

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

James Holmes’ insanity plea expected today

CENTENNIAL, Colo.—James Holmes, the man accused of murdering 12 people in last summer’s shooting spree at a suburban Denver movie theater, will formally plead in court today what many expected all along: Not guilty by reason of insanity.On Tuesday, Holmes’ ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 13 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, William Sylvester, Arraignment

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 7 reports

Theater shooting suspect James Holmes to enter insanity plea

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- James E. Holmes, suspected of carrying out the Aurora movie theater massacre that killed 12 and injured 70 last summer, will plead not guilty by reason of insanity in court next week, his defense lawyers signaled Tuesday in a court ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, William Sylvester, Insanity, Capital Punishment

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

Dunlaps

Dunlaps attorneys seek clemency for 1993 Colorado mur. . .

Dunlap's attorneys seek clemency for 1993 Colorado murdersUnited Press InternationalNathan Dunlap's attorneys say they have formally asked Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to spare his life, requesting his death sentence be commuted.Last week, Arapahoe ... [Published Equities.com - May 07 2013]

Entities: Dunlaps, John Hickenlooper, Eric Brown, William Sylvester, Chuck E. Cheese's

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 3 reports

scheduled for execution in August

A judge Wednesday set the week of Aug. 18 as the time Nathan Dunlap should die for killing three teenage employees and their 50-year-old manager during the robbery of a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Aurora nearly 20 years ago.Over the objections of ... [Published Denver Post - May 03 2013]

Entities: John Hickenlooper, William Sylvester, Jim Peters, Capital Punishment

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Judge: Nathan Dunlap to face execution on week of Aug. 18

A judge on Wednesday set Aug. 18-24 as the week in which Nathan Dunlap should be executed for killing three teenagers and their 50-year-old manager in an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1993.Dunlap appeared in handcuffs before Judge William Sylvester ... [Published Denver Post - May 01 2013]

Entities: John Hickenlooper, William Sylvester, Robert Ray, Chuck E. Cheese's

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

Aurora, Colo., massacre suspect's lawyers challenge insanity defense

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Attorneys for the man accused in last year's Aurora, Colo., movie theater killing spree have objected to the constitutionality of state's insanity defense.James Holmes is accused of opening fire in a movie theater July 20, killing ... [Published Big News Network - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, Aurora (Colorado, United States), Massacre, William Sylvester, District Judge

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Documents: Lawyers say law would allow insanity plea in Colo. shooting over Holmes' objections

CENTENNIAL, Colo. Attorneys for the Colorado theater shooting suspect suggested in a court filing Monday that they might be considering entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity over their clients objections. They raised that possibility in ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, Corroboration, William Sylvester

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Court rejects execution procedure challenge

The Colorado Court of Appeals Thursday rejected Dunlap attorneys' argument the state developed the lethal injection execution procedure without public input. The court sided with the state that argued the lethal injection execution procedure falls under ... [Published Denver Post - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: William Sylvester, Chuck E. Cheese's, District Judge, US Supreme Court

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Colorado prosecutors make case for death penalty

DENVER --Prosecutors in the deadly Colorado theater shootings said Friday that if suspect James Holmes is convicted, they will argue he should be executed because one of the victims was a child and because the attack was an ambush.Prosecutors filed a ... [Published Lake Wylie Pilot - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: James Holmes, William Sylvester, Capital Punishment

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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge ... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - 4 hours ago]
Hickenlooper grants Dunlap temporary reprieve [Published Denver Post - 18 hours ago]
Judge to hear arguments on Colorado's insanity ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 17 2013]
Judge to hear Aurora suspect's arguments on con... [Published NBCNews.com - May 17 2013]
Judge to hear insanity defense challenge in Col... [Published Morning Call - May 17 2013]
Colorado judge allows James Holmes to move towa... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 13 2013]
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James Holmes’ insanity plea expected today [Published Yahoo! News - May 13 2013]
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Tosches: Mr. Smirky deserves death penalty [Published Denver Post - May 12 2013]
DA blasts Nathan Dunlap's clemency appeal [Published Denver Post - May 11 2013]
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Theater shooting suspect James Holmes to enter ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 08 2013]
Holmes Plea: A Failed Insanity Defense Would Ra... [Published Inquisitr - May 08 2013]
New insanity plea may slow Colorado shooting case [Published Anderson Independent-Mail - May 08 2013]
James Holmes: Batman cinema shooting suspect in... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 08 2013]
07:52 Colorado shootings accused set to plead i... [Published Eircom.net - May 08 2013]
James Holmes Colorado mass shooting suspect ent... [Published The Guardian Express - May 08 2013]
Colorado shootings suspect to enter insanity plea [Published Korea Herald - May 08 2013]
Accused Colorado gunman to plead not guilty by ... [Published KWCH 12 - May 08 2013]
James Holmes Will Use Insanity Defense [Published Inquisitr - May 08 2013]
Dunlaps attorneys seek clemency for 1993 Colora... [Published Equities.com - May 07 2013]
Dunlap's attorneys seek clemency for 1993 Color... [Published UPI - May 07 2013]
Nathan Dunlap attorneys seek clemency for Chuck... [Published Denver Post - May 07 2013]
Procedure behind the death penalty in Colorado [Published KUSA-TV - May 06 2013]
Editorial: Cupples conundrum comes crashing int... [Published STLtoday.com - May 03 2013]
scheduled for execution in August [Published Denver Post - May 03 2013]
Colorado may refer to last execution in Dunlap ... [Published KUSA-TV - May 02 2013]
Judge: Nathan Dunlap to face execution on week ... [Published Boulder Daily Camera - May 02 2013]
Judge: Nathan Dunlap to face execution on week ... [Published Denver Post - May 01 2013]

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Prosecutors Will Seek the Death Penalty in Auro... [Published WSJ.com: Law Blog - Apr 01 2013] Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against James Holmes, accused of 12 first degree murders and scores of other crimes in a mass shooting at a movie theater near Denver last July, they said in a court hearing in Centennial, Colo. Read the WSJ story ...
Prosecutors Will Seek the Death Penalty in Auro... [Published Law Blog - Apr 01 2013] Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against James Holmes, accused of 12 first degree murders and scores of other crimes in a mass shooting at a movie theater near Denver last July, they said in a court hearing in Centennial, Colo. Read the WSJ story ...
Truthiness Serum [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 22 2013] Judge William Sylvester recently ruled that if Aurora mass-shooter James Holmes wants to plead insanity, he has to undergo narcoanalysis, “in which defendants are injected with drugs to lower their inhibitions and presumably be more willing to tell ...