Aurora theater shooting survivor Marcus Weaver speaks with the media hearing after opening statements in James Holmes’ trial at the Arapahoe County Courthouse in Centennial on April 27. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
Re: “The Aurora theater trial and the public defender’s role,” May 3 letters to the editor.
It is true that the public defenders in the Holmes trial have filed many motions. However, it should be remembered that early on they offered a plea of guilty with imprisonment for life with no parole for their client, which the district attorney did not accept. Had he done so, the enormous expense of both the defense and the prosecution could have been avoided. This is not to mention the human toll for the jurors who must hear horrendous details of murders and maimings, the families who must go through the agony of reliving the tragedy, not to mention the court reporters who must transcribe every detail of the testimony, the judge, and those in the courtroom hearing all the details of the tragedy. Surely it would have saved much agony, not to mention much expense (both financial and emotional), had the district attorney accepted the defense’s offer.
Betsy Duvall, Denver
This letter was published in the May 10 edition.
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