CENTENNIAL | Only one potential juror moved onto group questioning Thursday while seven potential jurors for the Aurora theater shooting trial were dismissed. One juror was dismissed because he said he already strongly favors the death penalty for defendant James Holmes.
On his questionnaire he wrote, “Hang his ass” in response to the opinion section.
Another juror was immediately dismissed after she started crying during group questioning and continued to during individual questioning. She claimed that the case has been emotionally taxing on her, causing her to lose sleep and even making her physically ill in the past week.
After today, the third week of individual questioning, the juror pool for group questioning reached 39. While they are still ahead of schedule, it has slowed down.
Thursday alone, there were four no-shows. Judge Samour Jr. gave the lawyers the option of changing the no-show policy. He suggested simply dismissing any potential jurors that do not show up since the juror pool is already so large.
Individual questioning will continue tomorrow.
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totally agree. He should have been shot on sight!