Colorado theater gunman mentally ill, precluding execution: defense lawyers

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Colorado theater gunman mentally ill, precluding execution: defense lawyers

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-theater-gunman-mentally-ill-precluding-execution-defense-001049305.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fpaNT2g2XI.riN2x_wsJ6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-11-16T001049Z_1_CBRE9AF00I500_RTROPTP_2_USA-SHOOTING-DENVER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="James Holmes sits in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial" align="left" title="James Holmes sits in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial" border="0" /></a>By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes should not be executed if he is convicted of murdering 12 moviegoers because he suffers from a chronic mental illness, defense lawyers said in a court document made public on Friday. The exact nature of the mental illness claimed by Holmes's attorneys is unclear because the full motion was filed under seal. &quot;Motion to strike the death penalty because the state and federal constitutions prohibit the execution of individuals such as Mr. Holmes who suffer from a chronic and serious mental illness,&quot; a caption of the pleading reads. Separately, Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour ruled that a warrantless search of Holmes's booby-trapped apartment was legal because police believed there was &quot;an immediate need to protect the lives or safety of themselves or others.&quot; Holmes, 25, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder for opening fire inside a suburban Denver cinema in July 2012.</p><br clear="all"/>

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