this is a complyicated situation. we all know what about unanimous jury verdicts and deliberating trying to get a 12-0 verdict but in this case in terms of colorado law, it actually says in the jury instructions that they received on thursday that this is not a group decision. it s up to each individual juror to decide whether he should get life in prison or go on to consider the death penalty. and to quote directly from the instructions, phase two sentencing verdicts are not dictated by law. rather, in this phase of the sentencing hearing, each of you called upon to deliberate to make decisions based on your individual reasoned moral judgment f. a single juror decides that the previous clean report, the mental illness, outweigh the aggravating factors, they can put an end to it. no explanation required. it s over and he gets life in prison without parole. if on the other hand they agree