James Holmes
Jurors deliberated for less than seven hours before deciding whether the 27-year-old convicted shooter will get a lethal injection or life behind bars.
The issue of improving the country's mental healthcare is at the center of the gun control debate after Monday's deadly U.S. Navy Yard shooting.
On Tuesday, a Colorado judge entered a plea of not guilty for James Holmes, the man accused of opening fire in a Colorado movie theater killing 12 people and wounding dozens more last July.
The first suit has been filed by a victim's widow against the University of Colorado in the aftermath of the Aurora, Colo. Theater shooting last July.
The alleged Colorado movie theater shooter, James Egan Holmes, headed to court on Jan 2, where Judge William Sylvester set the first preliminary hearing for Jan 7, where the judge will determine if there is sufficient evidence to take the case to trial. But more importantly, the 24-year-old is likely to make a plea at this hearing.
Attempted shooter was under doctor care for mental illness
Too many preliminary findings to examine "nature and depth" of shooter's illness, defense says
Every year there always seems to be one controversial Halloween costume that makes headlines.