Accused Colorado Theater Shooter Unrecognizable In Court

An almost unrecognizable James Holmes appeared in court on Tuesday in the death penalty case in which he is accused of a murderous rampage at a Colorado movie theater.

Holmes — who since his July 2012 arrest has sported wild orange hair and later, mutton-chop sideburns — is now clean-cut, and he appeared in civilian clothes during an introductory hearing before jury selection, which began Tuesday afternoon.

Several courtroom observers did a double take before they realized it was Holmes sitting at the defense table. His dark hair was neatly trimmed and was wearing pleated khaki pants, a striped button-down blue shirt, a charcoal sports jacket and tortoiseshell glasses. It was the first time Holmes has appeared in court in something other than a jail jumpsuit. He wore no cuffs on his wrists, but a hidden cable kept him tethered to the floor.

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• James Smith

  The patsy shows up to court not looking at all like the arrested because they’re a crisis actor? /alternative/2014/08/america-is-under-attack-and-the-american-people-know-it-too-3015792.html

  Jan 24, 2015, 9:11 am 0 Reply
• doggy do

  Yup, he’s an actor. Ignore the fact that the defense cleaned him up to make him and other accused appear as normal as possible as all defenders try to do, and just like you do when you appear in court to answer a traffic ticket. But, That COULDN”t be the explanation, so it has to be an actor.

  Jan 24, 2015, 1:52 pm 0 Reply
• The Opalien

  I live in Aurora and I think Colorado should enact a law requiring anyone from California trying to get a Colorado Drivers license pass a psychiatric exam

  Jan 24, 2015, 2:33 pm -1 Reply