Brauchler & Holmes
Since Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler’s announcement last week that he would seek the death penalty in the murder trial of James Egan Holmes for the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, that left 12 dead and 58 wounded, criticism and protest have come from many quarters. Aside from those who are out-and-out against capital punishment, the focus has been on the logic and morality of taking the life of someone who is clearly mentally ill, and possibly schizophrenic.
Killing someone like that, the reasoning goes, is neither punishment nor deterrence. Rather, it is merely vengeance.
