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Theater shooting prosecutors build case that Holmes was sane

(AP) — Prosecutors are methodically building a case that James Holmes knew right from wrong when he planned and carried out the deadly Colorado theater shootings, hoping to convince jurors he should be convicted and executed and not sent to a mental hospital. On Tuesday, they showed jurors a notebook Holmes kept, with scribbled maps and cramped handwriting that sketched out a chilling list of choices: mass murder or serial murder, attack a theater or an airport, use guns, bombs or biological warfare. Coupled with other prosecution evidence about Holmes' behavior, the notebook is a serious blow to the defense, said Steven Pitt, a forensic psychiatrist who has worked on sanity cases but isn't involved in the Holmes trial. Pitt said the notebook does provide the defense with strong evidence Holmes was mentally ill, which they could use to argue against the death penalty if he is convicted. In the notebook, Holmes tries to document his self-diagnosed mental illness, listing 13 ailments including schizophrenia and "borderline, narcissistic, anxious, avoidant and obsessive compulsive personality disorder."

 

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