Jurors reach decision on Colorado theater shooter's sentence

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting case reached a decision today on whether James Holmes should be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty.

They deliberated for about six and a half hours over two days. The sentence will be announced at 5 p.m.

The same jurors rejected Holmes' insanity defense and convicted him of murdering 12 people and trying to kill 70 others three years ago inside a midnight Batman movie in suburban Denver.

The decision follows over three months of often emotional testimony from those who survived the attack – some in wheelchairs – and the children and parents left to figure out their lives without their loved ones.