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The Latest: Colorado shooting survivors call sentence unjust

FILE - In this June 4, 2013 file photo, Aurora theater mass shooter James Holmes, who was convicted on July 16, 2015, appears in court, in Centennial, Colo. At least 100 victims and witnesses of Holmes’ deadly attack are expected to testify about the crime’s profound and continuing impact on their lives during a formal sentencing hearing starting Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Andy Cross, Pool, File)
FILE - In this June 4, 2013 file photo, Aurora theater mass shooter James Holmes, who was convicted on July 16, 2015, appears in court, in Centennial, Colo. At least 100 victims and witnesses of Holmes’ deadly attack are expected to testify about the crime’s profound and continuing impact on their lives during a formal sentencing hearing starting Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Andy Cross, Pool, File)

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – The latest in the sentencing phase of the Colorado theater shooting trial (all times local):

11:49 a.m.

The judge in the Colorado theater shooting trial chastised some survivors Monday for criticizing the outcome of the trail.

Survivors and witnesses of the 2012 movie theater attack are testifying in a final sentencing phase for shooter James Holmes. Though a jury sentenced him to life without parole for 12 counts of murder, the judge in the case is now hearing impact statements to set sentences on 141 other counts, including attempted murder.

Some survivors complained that Holmes will serve life in prison instead of being executed.