Suspect James Holmes was just formally arraigned and charged with 24 counts of murder in the killing of 12 people because the crimes fell under to types of statutes that were “deliberation” and “extreme indifference” to the value of human life.
In addition to the 12 fatalities, he is suspected of wounding 58 moviegoers who had packed a Batman film premiere that began shortly after midnight on July 20.
He is also being held in connection with the subsequent discovery of his booby-trapped apartment, which authorities think he rigged before the massacre in the Century Aurora 16 multiplex. Some victim families thought that Holmes should have been charged with domestic terrorism however the prosecution doesn’t believe they could receive that type of conviction.
Source: CNN
