King got James Eagan Holmes "12 life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole, and an additional 3,318 years".
Colorado has better summer weather than North Carolina, and the state prison is fairly new and has some amazing views. Multiple life sentences means food, housing, medical care and daily exercise at taxpayer expense for the next 20 or 30 years. Dear is bat**** crazy so they won't execute him, or at least it will take 20-30 ears to do so.
All in all, it's a better retirement plan than most 57 year olds have.
This is one that ought be pled out. As you say, he is nuts, and the trial will be a colossal waste of resources for both sides.
Prison sounds a whole lot better than freezing his butt off in that trailer of his.