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| Aurora massacre: Judge delays James Holmes plea | Aurora massacre: Judge delays James Holmes plea |
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| A Colorado judge has delayed the arraignment and plea of the man accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a Batman film last July. | A Colorado judge has delayed the arraignment and plea of the man accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a Batman film last July. |
| Over objections of prosecutors and victims' families, the judge on Friday agreed to a defence request to delay James Holmes' plea until 12 March. | Over objections of prosecutors and victims' families, the judge on Friday agreed to a defence request to delay James Holmes' plea until 12 March. |
| Mr Holmes' defence team said it needed more time to prepare a plea. | Mr Holmes' defence team said it needed more time to prepare a plea. |
| The move came the morning after the judge ruled prosecutors had enough evidence for the case to go to trial. | |
| 'Rot in hell' | 'Rot in hell' |
| The judge's decision on Friday capped a tense and emotional three-day hearing at which prosecutors presented evidence of Mr Holmes' guilt in the massacre. | The judge's decision on Friday capped a tense and emotional three-day hearing at which prosecutors presented evidence of Mr Holmes' guilt in the massacre. |
| At the start of the proceedings on Friday in Centennial, Colorado, an unidentified man in the courtroom shouted "Rot in hell, Holmes". | At the start of the proceedings on Friday in Centennial, Colorado, an unidentified man in the courtroom shouted "Rot in hell, Holmes". |
| Prosecutors on Thursday showed the court self-portraits that Mr Holmes, 25, took ahead of the massacre. | Prosecutors on Thursday showed the court self-portraits that Mr Holmes, 25, took ahead of the massacre. |
| In one, his orange-dyed hair splays out from under a hat while he sticks his tongue out at the camera. In another, he brandishes a handgun. | In one, his orange-dyed hair splays out from under a hat while he sticks his tongue out at the camera. In another, he brandishes a handgun. |
| Earlier in the week, the court was told that Mr Holmes had laid incendiary booby traps in his apartment before the attack. | Earlier in the week, the court was told that Mr Holmes had laid incendiary booby traps in his apartment before the attack. |
| The mass shooting, which took place at the premiere of the new Batman film Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, was one of the worst in US history. | The mass shooting, which took place at the premiere of the new Batman film Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, was one of the worst in US history. |
| Defence lawyers called no witnesses and cross-examined only a few of those summoned by prosecutors. | Defence lawyers called no witnesses and cross-examined only a few of those summoned by prosecutors. |
| While they have not indicated how Mr Holmes will plead, his lawyers have raised the issue of his sanity multiple times during the hearing. | While they have not indicated how Mr Holmes will plead, his lawyers have raised the issue of his sanity multiple times during the hearing. |
| Judge William Sylvester also ruled that he will remained jailed until the plea on a total of 166 charges. | Judge William Sylvester also ruled that he will remained jailed until the plea on a total of 166 charges. |