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James Holmes verdict: Life in prison for Aurora, Colorado theater gunman; Jury rejects death penalty
James Holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing 12 people in the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting, after the jury could not unanimously agree on the death penalty. The nine women and three men deliberated for less than seven hours before deciding they could not unanimously sentence the convicted shooter to die by lethal injection. Therefore, he will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 24 counts of murder...
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Good. At least one group can get past their bestial lust for revenge.
This is infuriating. It's hard to really even put my thoughts into words right now, but I can say this: That monster will be able to see his family at some point in his life (I don't know how strict visitation rights are for life prisoners, but I'm sure they're not nonexistant), something he stole from the families of the victims he killed. That's sickening.
Holmes' life expectancy would probably have been greater on Death Row than in the general population of prison. I expect someone trying to make a name for himself will target Holmes and try to take him out, similar to what happened to Dahlmer.