Alleged Colorado Shooter Is Charged With 24 Counts of First-Degree Murder: Should He Get the Death Penalty?

....... UH DUH!!!!!

All murderers deserve the death penalty except those who were insane at the time.

If the state cold bloodedly murders this scum, they validate his murders. I wish someone had shot his ass down in the act.

We need to come up with a better word than Alleged. The definition alleged (of an incident or a person) Said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality.

This is insulting to the Victims and the police that had to deal with this pathetic coward.

Also the Joker has always had Green hair.
Not Orange you color blind drop out.

Life in Jail laws change maybe in 25-30 years he could be released .
But death is a bit more permit way knowing he will not go into another Movie or other public place and spree kill again.

Dumb question

Do like sadam Hussein and put him in wood chipper feet first and see how many people repeat this stunt

hell yes fry his bitch ass but very slowly and as painful as possible

some scumbags the world could just do without

kill that bitch

the death penalty solves nothing. there are 1000s of ppl, maybe more that want this evil man to suffer for what he did to those innocent ppl. Simply dying and going to Hell won't ease any pain. I'd rather see him in mass amounts of pain, then let the devil have his way with the killer...slowly

Death penalty is a detuint

i just checked dictionary.com, that's not even a word.

And people like you say that us pro-death penalty people are the sadists...ha ha.

what do u mean ppl like me? nobody is like me. while I try to be a sociologist, others say I'm being non-bias so ppl will like me.... I am myself, nobody is like me. don't forget that.

He should get 24 life sentences to go with the 24 first degree murder charges. According to The Catechism of the Catholic Church "Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and more in conformity to the dignity of the human person. Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity 'are very rare, if not practically nonexistent.'" I believe that maximum security prisons in the United States have the ability to protect the public without his death.

The death penalty is unconstitutional. He should be institutionalized and studied to benefit science.

Fine experiment on him then execution

I support retribution by the government. If a man has no value on a life neither should the law value his. My uncle Johny G was killed by the Briley brothers when i was five. The last brother was executed when I was 12. I felt a sense of justice when it was all done.

I don't believe in the death penalty.

Maybe you should have been a victim

I was already shot before

The sooner they do it the more saved from tax payers.

death is to good for him.. put him in the meat slicer and slice a centimeter of him everyday for a year... then...ahhh.... nvm i dont wanna go too far.... TORTURE!!

Not taking his life away is disrespect to the victims and their families as they will never receive justice.

What is the deal with "the alleged" gunman when it is a known fact that he done. I am so sick and tired of all of this "political correctedness". This society is filled with nothing but a bunch of whiny babies. Get your stinking thumbs out of your mouths, grow up, and take responsibility for your own actions.
I am for Capital Punishment. But the way today's society and judicial system, they would rather fill the prisons with individuals that should have been executed years and even decades ago. If a person takes it upon themselves to kill innocent bystanders, they should be executed. But I also believe that they should have a chance to repent of their evil actions and receive salvation if they should choose to do so.

A fair trial to determine guilt or innocence has absolutely nothing to do with political correctness. Due process is the law of the land. Due process prevents the government from simply executing those it deems undesirable. Until someone is proven guilty, they are considered innocent.

Nah, he deserves worse! The stupid bastard...

Absolutely!

Crueler to put him in solitary in a maximum-security prison for life. He deserves all the cruelty we can think of.

BS- to give this guy 3 square meals and a roof is too kind. And what does that tell the rest of the crazies

In as slowly and painfully as possible.

I believe that he should be punished for what he did. Maybe be put in jail. but definitley not the death penalty. I am against that.

Think about it. If your son/daughter was killed in that theater, would you feel better if Mr. Holmes was in prison, where he could escape or go on another rampage on parole, or if he was dead and couldn't hurt anyone anymore?

In prison with NO parole, would be fine with me.

There's the chance he could break out of prison.

What serial killer wouldn't want life in prison

The only question I have for you, is WHat if it happened to one of your family members. Maybe you will not be so quick to decide. I know that the DUMB BAS_____D knew what he was doing, and so did his family. I think that the famil;yh is just as guilty as he is. And as such, so be made to pay for all the funeral expenses, hospital bills, and what ever else. Also, Civil Action should be taken against the family. And the state of Colorado should seek to recover the cost of having to deploy all the police and other first responders to the seen. Can you say TERRORISM...This was a clear act of such, and the only pently is DEATH....

Hang'em!

Yes, but I do want to read his essay. I think it was revolutionary. Classic case of some Harvard prick stealing an excellent idea. This sob was so mad.. killed spectators for it.

That's the easy way out. Sitting in prison for the rest of your life would be nearly unbearable.