What’s next
Now that jurors have of murder in the Aurora theater shooting case, they will come back Wednesday for the trial’s next phase: to consider the death penalty.
Judge Carlos Samour Jr. gave jurors a long weekend off after the verdicts were read Thursday.
The penalty phase of the trial has three possible parts, and the same 12 jurors would deliberate at the end of each part.
The first focuses on aggravating factors, such as killing a child. The next would deal with mitigating factors that the defense will present. The final phase, if needed, would deal with whether jurors sentence Holmes to death or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The judge has said that the penalty phase of the trial could last for a month, with both sides being allowed to present arguments and witnesses.
