USA - Colorado. The jury in James Holmes' capital trial for the Aurora movie theater shooting did not reach a unanimous sentencing verdict.

The jury in James Holmes' capital trial for the Aurora movie theater shooting did not reach a unanimous sentencing verdict. As a result, under Colorado law, Holmes, 27, White, will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing 12 people and wounding 70 more. A jury was unable Friday to reach a unanimous sentencing verdict, which results in life in prison without parole instead of the death penalty for Holmes, who had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2012 shootings. He was convicted last month of 24 counts of first-degree murder -- two for each of the slain victims. Judge Carlos Samour read the sentencing verdicts. One female juror later told reporters that there was no way to resolve the disagreement on what the sentence should be. "There was one firm holdout against the death penalty and two ... who were on the fence," said the juror, who would not give her name. "I don't know if they could have been swayed or not." Official sentencing was scheduled for August 24-26. The same jury earlier convicted Holmes for the July 19, 2012 capital murder of 12 people. They were: Jonathan Blunk, 26; Alexander Boik, 18; Jesse E. Childress, 29; Gordon Cowden, 51; Ghawi, 24; John Thomas Larimer, 27; Matthew McQuinn, 27; Micayla Medek, 23; Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6; Alex M. Sullivan, 27; Alexander C. Teves, 24; Rebecca Ann Wingo, 32. The jury also convicted him of attempted murder in the wounding of 70 more people. The shooting occurred during a midnight showing of a Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," when Holmes burst into the theater through a rear door and opened fire. Holmes' attorneys argued that their client is mentally ill and suffered a psychotic episode when he colored his hair orange-red like the villain The Joker, rigged his apartment with explosives, dressed in tactical gear and sprayed bullets into the theater under a cloak of darkness and tear gas. Holmes admitted to his crimes and had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Just after midnight, about 18 minutes into the movie, a tear gas canister exploded in the theater, then gunfire rained from an AR-15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and at least one .40-caliber handgun. Holmes fled. But he was arrested in the parking lot outside the theater about seven minutes after the first 911 calls were made to police.