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_Published 2015-07-16. Three years after the deadly attack on a Colorado movie theater, a jury has declared shooter James Holmes guilty._


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## Transcript

We, the jury, find the defendant, James Eagan Holmes, guilty of murder in the first degree after deliberation. A Colorado jury has found Aurora Theater shooter, James Holmes, guilty. The 27- year- old opened fire at the theater in Aurora, Colorado during a midnight viewing of " The Dark Night Rises" On July 20th of 2012. The attack killed 12 and injured another 70, and was one of the deadliest shooting massacres in U. S. history. The capital murder trial for Holmes began April 27th of 2015. Holmes pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His public defender cited a psychotic break as his motivation for the shooting spree.

Throughout the trial defense attorney Dan King gave jurors a glimpse of what is regarded as one of the most critical pieces of evidence, Holmes's journal. The killer. Mailed the 29 page entry to a psychiatrist days before the attack. Inside were hand- written plans with stick figures, detailing the impending violence at the theatre. ABC called it the battle of psychiatrists as two court- appointed psychiatrists Noted Holmes's mental illness but deemed him sane at the time of the shooting. Two defense psychiatrists disagreed, saying a psychotic break caused his actions. 9, 000 potential jurors were summoned in January of 2015.

Each had a 0. 2 % chance of being selected. It was regarded as one of the nation's largest jury calls. Holmes' parents attended every day of the trial, only speaking to the public a few times. In a letter published on the Denver Post in December 2014, his parents wrote, As the parents of James Holmes, we have spent every moment for more than two years thinking about those who were injured, and the families and friends of the deceased who were killed in the theater shooting in Aurora. We are always praying for everyone in Aurora. We wish that July 20, 2012 never happened.

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