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Colorado Theater Shooter Guilty

Sandy Phillips, whose daughter, Jessica Ghawi, was killed in the 2012 Aurora movie theatre massacre, displays a T-shirt memorializing the 12 people killed in the attack, outside the Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo., following the day of closing arguments in the trial of James Holmes. From left top are, Alex Teves, AJ Boik, Alex Sullivan, Gordon Cowden, Jesse Childress, Jessica Ghawi, John Larimer, Jonathan Blunk, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, Rebecca Wingo, Micayla Medek, and Matt McQuinn. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354

James Holmes was found guilty of murdering all 12 victims in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado in 2012. The judge was reading through the verdicts in each of the 165 charges filed against him Thursday afternoon. The 27-year-old admitted to the killings, and said that he was not guilty by reasonable insanity. His attorneys were pushing for him to be committed to a mental hospital for the rest of his life while state prosecutors were seeking the death penalty/ ABC News . More here.

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