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    Salvadoran immigrant named new judge for James Holmes’ trial

    Salvadoran immigrant named new judge for James Holmes’ trial

    by Kristina Puga, @kristinapuga 6:00 pm on 04/01/2013

    In a court hearing today, District Judge William Sylvester called for Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. to take over the case against James Holmes – the man accused in last year’s movie theater attack that killed 12 and injured 70 in Aurora, Colorado. Judge Sylvester also said he would like to seek the death penalty against James Holmes, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
    Judge Samour was born in El Salvador, and in 1979, at age 13, he moved with his family to the United States. He is a graduate of Columbine High School, where in 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 15 people and wounded 23 people in a prior mass shooting. Judge Samour also graduated with honors from the University of Colorado at Denver with a degree in psychology.
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    Judge Samour was in private practice for five years with the firm Holland & Hart in Denver, and then served as a Deputy District Attorney for 10 years in Denver. He was later appointed a District Judge in 2006, and took the bench in 2007, where he presides over both civil and criminal cases.
    According to the Colorado Office of Judicial Performance, lawyers and non-lawyers alike, who have observed Judge Samour in his courtroom, have found him to be “very friendly, efficient and professional. He is praised for his knowledge of the law and his fairness.” He also volunteers his time as a Spanish language presenter for the “Our Courts” program — a program that explains how the state courts work to the public.
    The decision to seek the death penalty resulted from a court hearing held four days after prosecutors publicly rejected an offer by the attorneys of James Holmes’ attorneys that stated he would plead guilty to avoid execution.
    The decision will delay the trial from August 2013 until at least February 2014, in order to give all sides time to prepare.
    http://nbclatino.com/2013/04/01/salvadorian-immigrant-named-new-judge-for-james-holmes-trial/
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    Colorado judge defers ruling on whether Fox News reporter must testify on sources

    Published April 08, 2013
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    The Colorado judge who will decide whether a Fox News reporter must reveal news sources or face possible jail time has deferred that decision to a later date.
    District Court Judge Carlos Samour Jr. ruled that the issue facing FoxNews.com reporter Jana Winter is not "ripe" for a final decision. In his order, released late Monday, he wrote that he will not rule on requiring Winter's testimony until he first decides on whether a notebook mailed by James Holmes to a psychiatrist will be admissible as evidence in Holmes' murder trial.
    The ruling comes amid court hearings where Holmes is accused of murdering 12 people and injuring 58 in a July 20, 2012, shooting rampage at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater.
    Winter broke an exclusive story revealing that prior to the shooting Holmes had sent a package to a University of Colorado psychiatrist that included a notebook "full of details about how he was going to kill people," one source said. Her July 25 article on FoxNews.com also reported that the notebook contained illustrations of a massacre, including drawings of gun-wielding stick figures shooting other stick figures.
    The Holmes defense team accused the government of violating gag orders that Arapahoe County District Court Judge William Sylvester had issued in the days following the shooting, and his lawyers asserted that the disclosures violated Holmes' right to a fair trial.
    After numerous legal fights, in which Winter has sought protection under New York’s public policy protecting confidential sources and the reporter Shield Law in Colorado, she was required to attend an April 1 hearing in the Centennial, Colo., courtroom in the murder case now overseen by Judge Samour. Holmes' lawyers argue that Winter's protection from the Colorado Shield Law should not apply because, among other criteria that must be met, her reporting purportedly revolved around a "substantial issue" in the case.
    Holmes' notebook is not currently part of evidence in the proceedings and may never be, depending on further defense actions and judicial rulings. Because of that uncertainty, although Judge Samour said that he still will require Winter's presence in court for hearing Wednesday on her request to invalidate her subpoena, it appears that he will not rule on that request, nor force her to testify, until a later date.



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