James Holmes trial

Lasamoa Cross, left, wipes tears from her face as she leaves the Arapahoe County Courthouse with Theresa Hoover, the mother of her boyfriend, Alexander J. Boik, who was killed in the theatre massacre Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, in Centennial, Colo. Jurors failed to agree on a death sentence for Colorado theater shooter James Holmes, prompting shocked sobs from victims, police officers and his own mother. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)  (David Zalubowski / AP)

Terry Sullivan, right, whose son Alex was killed on his birthday in the 2012 Aurora movie theatre attack, embraces Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter Jessica Ghawi was also killed, after a jury failed to agree on whether theater shooter James Holmes should get the death penalty Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, in Centennial, Colo. Holmes will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)  (Brennan Linsley / AP)

Terry Sullivan, second from left, whose son Alex was killed on his birthday in the 2012 Aurora movie theatre attack, embraces Bryan Beard, Alex’s best friend, as Alex’s father Tom looks on at right, after a jury failed to agree on whether theater shooter James Holmes should get the death penalty on Aug. 7, 2015, in Centennial, Colo.

Dist. Atty. George Brauchler speaks during a news conference after the sentencing verdict for James Holmes, for whom he had sought the death penalty. “I asked them to trust me and follow me,” he said of victims’ relatives and survivors of the shooting. “And I came up short, and that’s my fault, and that’s what hurts.”