Aurora: Lift gag order in theater shooting case
DENVER (AP) — The City of Aurora has asked a judge to lift a gag order preventing officials from discussing the July 20 attack at a movie theater that left 12 dead and 70 injured.
In court papers filed Tuesday and made public Wednesday, an attorney for the city said officials have received several requests from police and fire departments for briefings and tips on how they managed the attack on a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."
The city also noted that it has received public records requests from media, academics and individuals around the world.
Judge William Sylvester imposed a gag order three days after the shooting that prevents all parties in the case form releasing information. Accused gunman James Holmes is due to be arraigned in March on 166 felony counts for the massacre.
The city argued that the gag order is moot after prosecutors revealed details of their case against Holmes in a three-day hearing last week. Sylvester found that the evidence was strong enough to make Holmes stand trial.
Martha L. Fitzgerald, attorney for the city, argued that officials should at least be allowed to release recordings of 911 calls from the attack that were played in court last week and to discuss the response to the shooting.
In court papers filed Tuesday and made public Wednesday, an attorney for the city said officials have received several requests from police and fire departments for briefings and tips on how they managed the attack on a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."
The city also noted that it has received public records requests from media, academics and individuals around the world.
Judge William Sylvester imposed a gag order three days after the shooting that prevents all parties in the case form releasing information. Accused gunman James Holmes is due to be arraigned in March on 166 felony counts for the massacre.
The city argued that the gag order is moot after prosecutors revealed details of their case against Holmes in a three-day hearing last week. Sylvester found that the evidence was strong enough to make Holmes stand trial.
Martha L. Fitzgerald, attorney for the city, argued that officials should at least be allowed to release recordings of 911 calls from the attack that were played in court last week and to discuss the response to the shooting.
Isn't it an amazing coincidence that he scoped out theaters 2 weeks before the attack and just happened to pick the only one that was a 'gun-free?'
Why is this idiot, caught red-handed, still alive? What possible reason is there for keeping him alive? A trial? Just so defense attorneys can plead him out to insanity? And live a peaceful life in a nut factory?
 @jpk If the gag order is lifted perhaps he'll get a fair trial. Not allowing all of the information to be presented doesn't allow for justice to prevail. Caught red handed? You mean by wondering around in a daze in the parking lot? An insanity plea? Perhaps. Look at his face in the initial photo. Doesn't he look like he's out of his mind. It doesn't look like a "peaceful" existence, as you say. And where is the second shooter? Who was that? Eye witnesses in the theatre said one man let in a second man and they both started throwing gas cannisters up the aisles. So if he's guilty shouldn't the second shooter be apprehended and charged?
@jpk We don't have sharia law in this country
 @jpk Because this is America, and we give every individual the right to be heard at trial. Because we would want the same right for ourselves and our loved ones.