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US cinema gunman escapes death penalty─── 09:45 Sat, 08 Aug 2015
Centennial - The American gunman who stormed a Batman movie premiere and killed 12 cinemagoers has escaped the death penalty but will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
AFP reports a Colorado jury failed to unanimously agree on execution for 27-year-old former graduate student James Holmes, obliging the judge to impose a sentence of life without parole.
Last month, the killer had been convicted on 12 counts of murder in the first degree and scores more charges including murder, attempted murder and explosives possession. Holmes attacked the packed premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" at the Century 16 theatre in Aurora on July 20, 2012, spraying bullets into the dark auditorium.
AFP
