LOS ANGELES--US prosecutors rebuffed Thursday a reported offer by Colorado theater massacre suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for escaping the death penalty, legal documents showed. A prosecutors' filing cited by the Denver Post and other media was scathing about a defense motion Wednesday which suggested a guilty plea in return for a sentence of life behind bars with no parole option. "There is not -- and has never been -- an actual or unqualified 'offer' to plead guilty," prosecutors wrote, saying they are "extremely unlikely" to accept an offer unless they get more details from Holmes and his lawyers. They want "specific access to information that would allow t...
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