But prosecutors disdainfully portrayed him as a self-absorbed loser who lashed out violently after setbacks in his love life and his studies. In the end, the judge found him to be a quitter who gave up on life and vowed to take others with him. Photos: Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims. Cynthia Davis, center, visits the roadside memorial set up for victims of the Colorado shooting massacre across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Monday, July 30, , in Aurora, Colorado.
Twelve people were killed in the theater early July 20, , during a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises. More photos: Colorado movie theater shooting. Hide Caption. People visit the roadside memorial set up for victims of the massacre on Monday. Visitors pray around a cross at the memorial across the street from the theater on Saturday, July Jeremy Blocker displays a new tattoo honoring the victims. Members of Alex Sullivan's family embrace at a memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Thursday, July People visit a memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Thursday, July 26, in Aurora, Colorado.
Angella Aquilis, left, and Maria Olivas mourn together at a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater Wedesday, July Yvonne Amaro, 9, prays for those injured and killed as she visits the memorial on Wednesday. Carrie Hensley, left, and Hailee Hensley mourn together on Wednesday. Kevin Flynn, left, Aurora Police top brass division chief, and Cmdr.
Jack Daluz visit the makeshift memorial. Bale places flowers at the memorial while other mourners look on. Visitors pay tribute Tuesday, July 24, at the makeshift memorial.
A cross stands at the makeshift memorial for victims across the street from the Century 16 theater on Tuesday. Greg Zanis of Aurora, Illinois, carries two of the 12 crosses he made for a makeshift memorial to the victims of last weekend's mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday, July Greg Zanis writes the names of the victims of last weekend's mass shooting on the crosses before erecting them at the memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday.
Zanis, a carpenter, drove all night from Illinois to deliver the crosses. Parishioners pray during morning Mass, remembering victims of the theater shooting, at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Sunday. Angie Terry of Alabama prays next to a white wooden cross erected for victims. A man pauses before the crosses at the memorial near the Century 16 movie theater on Sunday.
President Barack Obama embraces Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as Sen. Mark Udall, left, and Sen. Mourners bow their heads in prayer during the vigil for the victims of the Aurora shooting. A woman is overcome with emotion during the vigil. Tiffany Garcia, right, and her 6-year-old daughter, Angelina Garcia, cry on Saturday, July 21, as they look at a memorial for the victims of Friday's shooting.
People pray at a cross erected at the makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 theater on Saturday. Family, friends and former classmates of movie theater shooting victim A. Boik gather for a memorial service at Gateway High School on Saturday. Boik and his girlfriend were at the midnight showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises' when a gunman killed Boik and 11 other people. Movie theater shooting victim A.
Boik's girlfriend, Lasamoa Croft, center, embraces his mother during the memorial service. Eman Alexander, 17, pins a ribbon on his shirt while joining family, friends and former classmates to honor shooting victim A.
Denise Toepel of Denver sheds tears while visiting a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday, July Handwritten signs decorate the makeshift memorial across from the Century 16 movie theater on Saturday.
Gerald Wright, 24, relights candles that have blown out at the victims' memorial across from the movie theater. Their voices were tearful and trembling. At the end of the three-day hearing, Samour will formally sentence Holmes to life without parole and up to 3, additional years on attempted murder convictions. Forty more people are expected to take the stand Tuesday and Wednesday. Jurors rejected Holmes' insanity plea and convicted him of murdering 12 people and trying to kill 70 others when he opened fire on a packed theater in suburban Denver on July 20, The jury was divided on the sentence, with 11 favoring death and one favoring life without parole.
Under Colorado law, jurors must be unanimous to impose the death penalty, so Holmes automatically got life.
No voices commanded Holmes to kill. The idea was completely his own, he told Reid. He said he considered carrying out the mass shooting at the movie theater since the day he bought the shotgun -- May 28, according to court records. He listed a host of physical maladies -- from schizophrenia to Asperger's to restless leg syndrome -- in a section called "Self-Diagnosis of a Broken Mind. He studies himself and his "physical shortcomings" in the mirror obsessively.
But perhaps the biggest symptom of his broken brain, he said, was the difficulty he has forming his thoughts into words. He simply cannot communicate, and contact with other human beings makes him very uncomfortable. It feeds his hatred for "humanity.
He struggles with an "odd sense of self," waging a constant battle between his "real self" and his "biological self. He noted that he had recently "lost" the battle by allowing himself to fall in love. I tried to fix it.
I made it my sole conviction but using something that's broken to fix itself proved insurmountable. He pursued knowledge as a cure, but it didn't work. In order to rehabilitate the broken mind, my soul must be eviscerated. I could not sacrifice my soul to have a 'normal' mind. He said he "fought and fought" until the end. To relieve his personal torture, he sought to escape by distracting himself or ignoring the problem. Still, his depression and low opinion of himself persisted.
And so, in the end, he made a choice and noted it in his composition book: "The last escape, mass murder at the movies. Photos: Colorado movie theater massacre. The public gets its first glimpse of James Holmes, then 24, the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting during his initial court appearance July 23, With his hair dyed reddish-orange, Holmes, here with public defender Tamara Brady, showed little emotion.
He is accused of opening fire in a movie theater July 20, , in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. More photos: Mourning the victims of the Colorado theater massacre. Police release the official photo from Holmes' booking after the shooting.
Holmes often had a blank stare during his July 23, , court appearance, seeming to be in a daze. Victims and their relatives and journalists watch the proceedings in Flags fly at half-staff on July 23, , at the Arapahoe County Courthouse in Centennial, Colorado, where the movie theater shooting suspect had his first court appearance.
The murder counts against Holmes carry a possible death penalty. Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers talks to reporters July 23, , before heading into the courthouse. Family members of the victims arrive at the courthouse July 23, , for the suspect's first court appearance. The Century Aurora 16 multiplex in Aurora becomes a place of horror after a gunman opened fire July 20, , in a crowded theater.
Holmes is accused of opening fire during a midnight screening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises. Police investigate outside the Century 16 multiplex July 21, , a day after the mass shooting. Agents search the suspect's car outside the theater.
Aurora police escort a sand-filled dump truck containing improvised explosive devices removed from Holmes' booby-trapped apartment on July 21, Authorities have said they believe the suspect rigged his place before leaving for the movie theater. Police break a window at the suspect's apartment July 20, , in Aurora. Law enforcement officers speak with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, center, outside the suspect's apartment July 21, Law enforcement officers prepare to disarm the booby-trapped apartment July 21, Officials tow cars outside Holmes' apartment July 21, Police disassembled devices and trip wires set up in the apartment.
Officers prepare to place an explosive device inside the apartment. Debris flies out a window, right, after law enforcement officers detonate an explosive device inside the apartment July 21, People mourn the victims during a vigil behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers in Aurora.
A woman grieves during a vigil for victims behind the theater. A distraught woman receives counseling from the Rev. Quincy Shannon, left, in front of Gateway High School in Aurora, where the families of the missing met after the shooting. Lin Gan of Aurora holds back tears as she speaks to reporters about her experience in the Century 16 theater.
People embrace before a vigil for victims behind the theater where a gunman opened fire on moviegoers. Investigators work on evidence near the apartment of James Holmes on July 20, A popcorn box lies on the ground outside the Century 16 movie theater.
Jessica Ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster, was one of the victims. A woman waits for news outside Gateway High School, a few blocks from the scene of the shooting at the Century Aurora On a courtroom screen Brauchler showed a trail of blood leading to the door where Holmes slipped into the theater that night, wearing a gas mask and body armor and blasting techno music.
Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to counts of murder, attempted murder, explosives possession and committing a crime of violence. His lawyers admit that he was the gunman who carried out the attack at the Century theater in Aurora three years ago.
Holmes, who sat impassively in the courtroom wearing glasses, a blue shirt and khakis, suffered from schizophrenia, King said, and was under the control of the disease when he carried out the attack on 20 July.
They told of a family history of mental disease, and of a troubled teen who struggled with social anxiety before the illness became full-blown in the months leading up to the killing. On that night, his lawyers said, his behaviour was prompted by a delusional concept in which he believed killing people would help wrench him from the depths of his illness. King told jurors their job not to be swayed by the emotions and drama of the courtroom, but on the facts that were before them.
Out of sight Holmes was being restrained: under his blue dress shirt was a harness, cabled through the leg of his khaki pants to the courtroom floor.
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