Time stands still in Cook County Jail for some inmates

That year, prosecutors filed a motion to admit Holmes’ two prior sex convictions into evidence. Holmes’ defense attorney opposed the motion in 2005. And after a series of lower-court decisions, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in Holmes’ favor in 2008.

Then in early 2009, prosecutors pursued a different strategy: They sought to try Holmes as a “sexually dangerous person,” which would allow them to introduce the evidence of the 2002 arrest and his prior sex crimes.

Holmes’ attorney filed a motion opposing the prosecution request in 2010. But the judge ruled that a jury will determine whether Holmes is a sexually dangerous person.

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