The jury in the trial of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes is sparing him the death penalty and giving him a life sentence without parole.

The jury of nine women and three men were not unanimous today on the death penalty, leaving an automatic life sentence without parole.

The jury had been deliberating since yesterday afternoon in the sentencing phase of the trial.

The same jury found Holmes guilty last month of first-degree murder for killing a dozen people and wounding 70 others during a July 2012 shooting spree. (Metro Network Inc.)

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