James Holmes (mass murderer)
James Holmes (mass murderer)
Holmes was arrested shortly after the shooting and was jailed without bail while awaiting trial. Following this, he was hospitalized after attempting suicide several times while in jail. Holmes entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which was accepted. His trial began on April 27, 2015. On August 26, 2015, Judge Carlos Samour sentenced Holmes to 12 consecutive life sentences plus 3,318 years without parole after the jury spared Holmes the death penalty by a single vote. In imposing sentence, Judge Samour declared "it is the intention of this court that the defendant never set foot in free society again."
Personal life
Holmes was born on December 13, 1987, in San Diego, California. His father Robert Holmes is a mathematician and scientist with degrees from Stanford University, UCLA and UC Berkeley, and his mother Arlene Holmes is a registered nurse. He has a younger sister. Some of his ancestors came to the U.S. via the Mayflower, and thus he has some English ancestry.
Personal life
Holmes was raised in Oak Hills, a community in Monterey County near Castroville, California, where he attended elementary school. At twelve years old, Holmes moved back to San Diego. There, he lived in the affluent Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood, where he reportedly began to decline socially. He went to Westview High School) and graduated in 2006. Holmes played soccer and ran cross-country in high school. He attended Peñasquitos Lutheran Church with his family, according to the Lutheran church's pastor. According to Holmes' lawyer, Daniel King, Holmes began to suffer from mental health issues in middle school and attempted suicide at age 11.
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