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| Aurora movie theater gunman sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing 12 people during shooting spree |
| By washingtonpost.com- Mark Berman |
| Published: 08/10/2015 |
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More than three years after a gunman walked through a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., firing round after round into a packed crowd, a jury said Friday he should be spared a death sentence and instead spend the rest of his life in prison. The same jurors who last month found James Holmes guilty on each of the 165 counts he faced for carrying out one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history wound up spending little time deliberating on his penalty. A death sentence could only be issued if every juror agreed, and all it takes is one vote for life in prison for that to become the sentence. After a lengthy, emotional trial, the jury said they could not reach a unanimous sentence on the counts facing Holmes, and as a result Holmes will be sent to prison without possibility of parole. Read More. |
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