Quote:There is a difference in disagreeing with the life sentence and disagreeing the process in which it was reached.

Do you live here in Colorado? Have you watched the local news, which the families of some victims have been far more willing to talk to than the national outlets? Have you seen family members say how angry it makes them that one single juror, a juror who let their personal beliefs overrule the facts of the case, is all that kept Holmes alive?

 

Even though I'm anti capital-punishment, I can't sit here with a straight face and tell you that I wouldn't feel the same way in their shoes. To suggest that those who disagree with the verdict don't also disagree with the way it was reached is naive. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who fit into that mold, but some of the victims' own families hate the verdict, and they hate the system for allowing one juror to manipulate it like that over the wishes of the other 11.

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