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Colorado shooting suspect offers guilty plea to avoid death penalty

Posted at 4:51 PM, Mar 27, 2013
and last updated 2013-03-27 16:51:50-04

(CNN) — Colorado movie-theater shooting suspect James Holmes has offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison, but prosecutors have not accepted his offer because they may choose to pursue the death penalty, according to documents filed Wednesday.

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