Public defender mum as taxpayer tab mounts for accused ‘Batman’ killer James Holmes:

Just another outrageous example of how taxpayers’ money is abused by the system.

This Colorado psycho scumbag killed a dozen people and wounded 70 more in a 2012 shooting spree. So far the taxpayers have  spent at least $7 million to try Holmes and opening arguments haven’t even begun.

It should be common knowledge that the people involved in defending road kill like this bum are really not interested in whether the perpetrator gets a fair trial or not; all they are concerned with is, how much money can they make by dragging out the judicial process.

Some of the $7 million in expenses associated with the case that Fox News identified included:

• The Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration records show Douglas Wilson, who heads the state Public Defender’s Office, has earned $280,000 since the case began. Wilson’s duties include far more than oversight of the Holmes case, but his office has assigned eight staff to the Holmes case, at a cost of approximately $750,000 per year, for a total to date of $1.77 million.
• The district attorney has five lawyers assigned to the Holmes case, but an office spokesperson said only one was hired specifically to work on it. The $1.6 million set aside in part to compensate that attorney, as well as four victim advocates working under the attorney’s direction, comes from a federal grant relating to work coordinating victim communication, services, and outreach on this case. The remaining four attorneys, two investigators and one paralegal earned a total of $1.3 million, although they have substantial duties not related to the case.
• The district attorney acknowledges the office has set aside $775,000 for the prosecution of Holmes, $15,000 for travel and other expenses, $163,000 for expert witness fees and $11,241 to a district attorney investigator.
• Federal taxpayers will spend $2.9 million to help the 70 injured and 1,430 others impacted by the attack, which Holmes admitted to waging while dressed as “The Joker.” As of Dec. 31, $1.6 million of that federal grant has been spent by eight agencies including the District Attorney’s office, the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Aurora Mental Health Center, Denver Police Department, City of Aurora, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Judicial District Administrator.
• Jury selection in the death penalty case is currently underway, but is expected to take several months as an unprecedented pool of more than 9,000 is whittled down to 12 jurors and 12 alternates. Once the jury is selected, and the trial begins, jurors and alternates will be paid $50 each per day, likely adding up to $200,000 during what could be a six-month trial.
• The Colorado Court Security Commission allocated $405,000 in security emergency grants with a total of $23,500 spent on printing and mailing jury summonses and $900 for high-speed scanners to expedite the processing of juror questionnaires. Another $5,950 also was used to purchase 10 additional juror chairs at $595 apiece.

It looks to me like the only thing they left out was an all-expense paid vacation for the killer in the Caribbean for 6 months.

Where is the justice for the victims? Just like in a rape case; by the time the defense’s ambulance chasers is finished, the lady that got raped becomes the criminal.

When a person is absolutely guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt, 100% guilty by either DNA evidence, confession or credible witnesses, all of their rights should be thrown out the window.  Where are the rights of the victims???

When this piece of garbage Holmes is found guilty and sentenced to death, let us not forget that he is most probably is entitled to 15 – 20 years of appeals. In the 37 years since Colorado reinstituted the death penalty, only one person has been executed.

I am still slightly ambivalent about the death penalty. What I am in favor of is that the guilty person receive the most severe and painful death conceivable; an eye for an eye if possible.

For some criminals being put to death is the easy way out; a little prick in their vein and ten minutes it is all over. For others, life in prison is just what they wanted.  Free food and housing – air-conditioned  cells – access to the library where they study law so they can harass the legal system – and for the rest, weight rooms where they pump themselves up. The majority of them are better off in the slams than when they were free.

Is it about time some of these antiquated laws should be changed? Instead of the criminal coming out on the short end of the stick, the system is making them the victims.