Colorado shooting: James Holmes claims he can't remember killings

[Jazzy]

James Holmes has reportedly claimed he does not know why he is in prison as he awaits trial accused of killing 12 people in a massacre in a Colorado theatre.



The 24-year-old repeatedly asked prison guards Why am I here? and said he had no recollection of the killings during a midnight premiere of the new Batman film, according to the New York Daily News.



Holmes, a former neuroscience PhD student, also apparently complained about the food in the Arapahoe County Detention Centre in Colorado, where he is being held in solitary confinement to protect him from possible vigilante justice by other inmates.



“He’s claiming his belly hurts him,” the prison employee said. “He complained once that he didn’t like the food . . . The guy killed 12 people, and he’s upset that he’s not getting a four-star meal?”



The alleged gunman, who told police he was the Joker after his arrest outside the cinema last Friday, reportedly only picks at his food and on some days refuses to eat altogether.



He is kept in solitary for 23 hours a day, and let out for only a single hour's exercise. When out of his cell authorities have insisted he wear a stab-proof vest.



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What a crock of crap this is!

 

[DrLeftover]

Perhaps they are setting up a unique defense.



Namely Perfect Demonic Possession.



Everything he has said and done, his behavior in court, amnesia, nonsensical statements, and all, fit.

 

[Jazzy]

^ Do you think there is a jury in the world that would believe that defense? Well, perhaps if he starts to levitate, puke green slime

and his head spins around.

 

[DrLeftover]

Maybe.

Victims tend to undergo a startling change of personality. They may become unpredictable, violent and treacherous. They humiliate their families, plot against their friends, lie to their colleagues. They have become alien entities. They have surrendered their wills. The most extreme state is 'perfect possession', when the demon has taken complete control. The perfectly possessed person is totally lost. There is nothing I can do, says Father Martin.

http://www.starharbor.com/fr_martin/exorcism.html

 

[Sinon]

When out of his cell authorities have insisted he wear a stab-proof vest.

To be fair I'd go for a clean slice to the jugular, or pop it through the eye socket.

 

[Jazzy]

I say put him in general population and let justice prevail.