article_snippet.sent: After the shooting, Holmes family issued a brief statement: "Our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy and to the families and friends of those involved," Holmes' family said, without giving any information about Holmes' family son.
article_snippet.sent: In December, Holmes parents, who will be attending The trial, issued another statement: Holmes' parents, who will be attending the trial asked that Holmes' parents, who will be attending the trial 's life be spared and that their son be sent to an institution for mentally ill people for the rest of their son's life, if their son's found not guilty by reason of insanity.
article_snippet.sent: their son is not a monster," Robert and Holmes wrote, saying the death penalty is "morally wrong, especially when the condemned is mentally ill."
article_snippet.sent: "their son is a human being gripped by a severe mental illness," the parents said.