The jury in the James Eagan Holmes murder case in Colorado on Thursday rejected his insanity defense, finding him guilty of first-degree murder after he killed 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.
The verdict was reached despite the testimony of two expert witnesses, including a top expert on schizophrenia, that he was mentally incapable of controlling his actions. Earlier this year, a Texas jury rejected the insanity defense of Eddie Ray Routh, who had killed the American sniper, Chris Kyle. The insanity defense was also raised by Jack Ruby, Patty Hearst, Jeffrey Dahmer (who killed 15 people and then ate their flesh), John DuPont (of “Foxcatcher” fame) and John Lee Malvo (the young Washington, D.C., sniper). The juries in each of those cases rejected substantial expert opinion that the defendant was insane and found them all guilty.
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