help cover what medicare doesn t pay. and could save you thousands a year in out-of-pocket costs. call now to request your free decision guide. and learn more about the kinds of plans that will be here for you now and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. i m suzanne malveaux and this hour in the cnn newsroom, we are focusing on the courtroom hearing of the suspect in the colorado massacre, and focusing on mitt romney s trip overseas and the olympics. and now, the suspect in the colorado massacre returned to court today to face charges including first-degree murder. james holmes is the graduate student who is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 38 others. the hearing for holmes wrapped up in the last half hour. i want to bring in ed lavandara who is joining us from centennial, colorado. ed, walk us through the charges that he is faced with. sure thing, suzanne. essentially, james hmes has been charged with 142 criminal
life, has begun. his new life in confinement. momentarily, we expect to speak to an attorney for at least one of the victims who testified in this trial. there were 10 alleged victims, eight of whom we heard the testimony of in this relatively short trial. also relatively short deliberations. 21 hours for some 48 counts in all. we had a jury of 7 women, 5 men. we are not going to be hearing from any of the jurors tonight. the jurors were, while all of this has been going on outside the courthouse, the jurors have been receiving instructions from the judge not to speak to any reporters tonight. do we have justine? joining me now is justine. thank you very much for being with us. first of all, have you talked to your clients tonight? and if so, what did they feel about these this conviction? absolutely. the very first calls i made were to clients who did testify in the trial. they were greatly relieved. almost in disbelief. one of them said thank god he s in jail. and the o