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So what if he’s crazy? What a not-guilty verdict would mean...

The Aurora theater shooting trial could come to an abrupt end this week. If the jury finds James Holmes guilty, jurors will have to decide...

Homebrew: Denver school-enrollment zones didn’t fix segregation

School zone Denver Public Schools introduced enrollment zones to expand school-choice, increase diversity and boost performance. That was five years ago. Today, schools are just...

Aurora theater shooter’s parents offer mute support for his life

CENTENNIAL -- Day after day since the Aurora theater trial started in April, Arlene and Bob Holmes take their seats in Courtroom 201 of...

Blueprint of madness or youthful existential crisis?

One question lies at the center of the Aurora theater shooting trial: Was James Holmes legally insane – incapable of telling right from wrong –...

Reader’s View: Two tragedies in Aurora

The Aurora theater shooting trial has been going on for almost a month now and as testimony continues, it is apparent that the shooter’s...

Littwin: The death penalty’s dying breaths, even in Nebraska

Someday when they write the history of the death penalty in the United States, it will include the fact that on the day Boston...

And so it starts: Six things to watch for in the...

We all remember hearing the news. Coloradans woke one hot July morning to word of another mass murder in Denver’s suburbs. Thirteen years after...

Holmes family prayers – and its silence

What we know about James Holmes’ trial is that it’s set to start in Arapahoe County in less than a month. And that it’ll...

DenPo columnist targets theater-shooting defense team, adds to the ugly

You know what they say about newspaper columnists? They say Rich Tosches at the Denver Post going off half cocked gives the rest of...