throughout the united states. >> just so we understand this scott, the third phase that would begin tomorrow there are family members that would be able to present victim pact statements? >> reporter: that's correct. and we heard some of that during the actual trial and now it comes back to them. and as this multi-faceted sentencing phase goes on it becomes more and more incumbent on the individual jurors' conscience. in this phase, any individual juror if they felt he should get life in prison they could have put an end to it. the same thing happens in maybe more so third phase. it's a moral decision by each juror but they have evidence to hear from family me believes and survivors. and also it's one more opportunity for james holmes who has not testified in this case to make a statement in his own defense. we'll see if that happens in