It is now time for Colorado to eliminate the death penalty.

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2. Yes. I agree...

I have been strongly opposed to the DP since a teen and never wavered.

With Holmes, there could be no "good solution" as I believe he is so mentally ill--even if he did not meet the standard for the purposes of the trial-- that little long term treatment options likely exist and I highly doubt he will survive long in prison. I think it repugnant to execute anyone, but a mentally ill person certainly. As more than one has pointed out, the "kindest" thing that could have happened to him, his family and for all the victims and their families, would have been if he had not survived the attack himself.

That said, I think it is time to commute the sentences of those currently on death row and end it as a practice in CO (and the US, for that matter). For those who are not mentally ill, life without parole in a supermax setting is certainly going to be a more long term punishment.