'Dark Knight' Shooting Is 'All A Game' To James Holmes -- Expert

A legal analyst spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Hollywoodlife.com about the ‘Dark Knight’ shooter’s first appearance in court. Will James be able to prove insanity? Was his apathetic appearance in court an act? Find out what our analyst said.

Legal analyst Jeanine Pirro believes that The Dark Knight Rises alleged shooter James Holmes will try to plead insanity because it’s “the only plausable defense from his perpective.”

The question is: will James be able to prove he is insane? Jeanine thinks it is unlikely.

“The premeditation, the planning, the calculation works against the idea of insanity and temporary insanity. The planning and forethought was done not in hours, days, or weeks, but for months,” Jeanine explains.

“He was functioning in school for the four months before and started ordering the weapons four months ago.”Jeanine noted. Adding that, “There is no way that he can plead temporary insanity.”

During James’ first court appearance, he was expressionless and seemed to be falling asleep during the arraignment. Jeanine believes that James’ lackadaisical manner is all an act and he is fully aware of what he is doing.

“This guy is an actor — the fact that he took on the persona of the joker — I don’t think any of the behavior will suggest who he is. I think this is all a game to him.”

– Reporting by Chloe Melas, Written by Jenny Pickard

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Ms Pirro is as loony as the kid. It’s no game to him. He knows what he did. It was carefully planned. Don’t tell people he thinks it’s a game. That’s ridiculous. The so called experts are usually half gone themselves. Did you or a close family member ever see a psychiatrist. I did and couldn’t stay in the same room with him. He didn’t want me to stay because I was telling it like it was. He was about as far from the norm as I’ve ever met. I believe they have an abnormal amount of suicides.

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John lennon was pretty smart and he had profound mental health problems. Some guys with mental health problems can be pretty smart. This Jeanine Pirro is likely saying what she thinks people want to hear – that James Holmes is guilty. She knows people want to hear that so she says it. There are lots of stories about people with mental health problems who are able to plan things. Did you ever see the movie “A beautiful mind.” That movie is the story about a man who was insane and not only planned things but also invented new key ideas and theory. It’s widely known that Sir Isaac Newton was profoundly mentally ill but he has gone down in history as the most significant scientific of all.

How does someone who is insane know to stop shooting when the cops show up? They don’t. He’s using the only alliby he has. Don’t compare him to any genius, it’s likely he did thisbecause he failed an exam at his university. Guilty. Death Penalty.