Theater Shooting Prosecutor To Run For Governor

DENVER (AP) — George Brauchler, the Republican district attorney who prosecuted Colorado theater shooter James Holmes, will announce he’s running for governor on Wednesday.
Brauchler’s political future has been the focus of speculation ever since he held a blistering press conference in 2013 to criticize Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper’s refusal to execute a multiple murderer on death row. In 2015 he led the prosecution of Holmes, failing to secure the death penalty for