Judge accepts insanity plea in US movie shooting
June 05, 2013  00:12
A judge today accepted a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity from the suspect in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation. 

James Holmes, a former graduate student, is accused of opening fire in a packed Denver-area movie theater last summer, killing 12 people and injuring 70. He is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. 

The July 20 massacre was one of several mass shootings that jolted the US debate over gun violence, and it helped prompt Colorado to adopt significant statewide gun control laws this year.
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