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“I am deeply, deeply sorry – that isn’t even the word”. They could have opted to give Holmes the death penalty.

He sat stony and silent in court as Samour read the verdict slips. Some cried, while others were angered Holmes escaped the death penalty, the New York Times reported. The same jury earlier rejected Holmes’ insanity defense, finding him capable of understanding right from...

This “may well be the most serious and important decision you ever have to make”. he said, and insisted that they each use “their own individual reasoned moral judgment” in deciding Holmes’s fate.

Twelve people were killed and 70 injured.

Some of the survivors and victims’ family members accepted the jury’s decision.

Colorado theater shooter James Holmes has been sentenced to life after a jury failed to agree on a death penalty.