James Holmes awaited news of his fate. (Would his madness be held to mitigateHis terrible sin, his awful crimes; Life or Death, How to decide?) What is Justice for multiple homicides? He murdered twelve and injured more; Now what would the verdict hold in store? A lethal injection, A Loverβs pinch, was that the outcome he devoutly wished? Else he would get the world and time to contemplate his awful crimes. Heβd be Locked away from the world of men; never to be free again. Haunted by souls he condemned to death; who had cursed him with their dying breath.
Life, the jury has decreed, as punishment for his awful deed.
He'll be locked in the prison of his mind; an awful penance is this gift of time.
James Holmes murdered 12 and injures 70 others in Aurora Colorado on 07/20/2012. He had been sentenced to life in prison. The jury rejected the death penalty