The attack left 12 people dead, 70 injured and left scars on all of the families and friends. He recalled his granddaughter, 6-year-old Veronica Moser-Sullivan, as a sweet, sensitive, angelic and innocent little girl who “has and will always remain in those hallowed reaches in my heart and mind”. The jury has already convicted Holmes of the killings and determined that he should spend life in prison.
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Earlier this month, a 12-person jury sentenced the shooter to life in prison after it failed to come to a unanimous decision regarding the death penalty.
Megan Sullivan, whose brother was killed during the attack, described during the hearing how she became an only child after Holmes murdered Alex Sullivan.
One mother of a shooting survivor called the life sentence unjust.
Samour said he understood the victims are hurting, but he said speculating on misconduct was unacceptable.
In unusually expansive off-the-cuff remarks from the bench, Samour defended the years-long courtroom course of that concludes this week, and stated victims ought to not be upset by the method just because they disagreed with the result.
Her voice choking with emotion, she told the court that life without her sibling was “not what it’s supposed to be”.
“You can’t claim there was no justice because it wasn’t the outcome you expected”, Samour responded.
She said: “No amount of justice will make up for the loss”. Holmes sat quietly as Samour spoke, sporting a purple jail jumpsuit and red-rimmed glasses.
Many victims testified during Holmes’ four-month trial about the terror and carnage he inflicted on more than 400 people who filled the seats at a sold-out midnight movie premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises” in suburban Aurora.
Two jurors who heard the case including an alternate who didnt participate in the deliberations sat in the gallery listening to the testimony Monday.
The officers are talking in court during the final phase of sentencing for Aurora theater shooter James Holmes.
Holmes’ attorneys blamed the massacre on his schizophrenia and psychotic delusions, and experts testified that it wouldn’t have happened if he were not seriously mentally ill.
He called Holmes a monster who should be banished from public sight and forgotten.
I hope that every day is painful for him.
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He could ultimately be sentenced to a maximum of 3,318 years in prison, in addition to the mandatory life sentence, prosecutors said.
