The 12 jurors and 12 alternates were chosen on July 2012 after a selection process that began on January 20 . Experts say the jury selection in Centennial , Coloradp was among the largest and most complicated in U.S. history . Holmes is charged with shooting dead 12 people and wounding 70 others in the Tuesday attack at a movie theater in Aurora . His attorneys do n't dispute that he pulled the trigger but say he was in the grips of a psychotic episode when he opened fire . Among the 19 women and 5 men chosen , are a schools employee , a person with depression and a businesswoman who cares for her elderly parents .
The 12 jurors and 12 alternates were chosen on Tuesday after a selection process that began on January 20 . Experts say the jury selection in Centennial , Coloradp was among the largest and most complicated in U.S. history . Holmes is charged with shooting dead 12 people and wounding 70 others in the July 2012 attack at a movie theater in Aurora . His attorneys do n't dispute that he pulled the trigger but say he was in the grips of a psychotic episode when he opened fire . Among the 19 women and 5 men chosen , are a schools employee , a person with depression and a businesswoman who cares for her elderly parents .