James Holmes's school records withheld
2012-07-27 09:04
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Aurora - A US judge has issued a rare order preventing the
University of Colorado Denver from releasing records about suspected Aurora
cinema shooter James Holmes.
Much speculation surrounding the 24-year-old's possible
motive in gunning down 12 people and wounding 58 more at a screening of Batman
movie The Dark Knight Rises, has focused on his time
studying neuroscience at the school.
School documents are usually available under the Colorado
Open Records Act, but District Court Judge William Silvester cited a provision
that bars the public from viewing open records "prohibited by... the order
of any court".
His order was signed on Monday but released on Thursday.
University officials said Holmes was in the process of
withdrawing from the graduate programme, but had not completed the necessary
paperwork.
At the request of Holmes's attorneys, Silvester also
reinforced an earlier order barring officials of the district attorney's office
and law enforcement officials from releasing information about the case before
the trial.
Holmes is being held in solitary confinement at Arapahoe
County Detention Centre. He could face the death penalty if convicted, though
Colorado has only executed one person since capital punishment was reinstated
in 1976.
