A jury convicted the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter on all 63 federal charges. Now the case moves to the sentencing phase, as prosecutors seek the death penalty.
The gunman charged with the mass shooting inside Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, killing 11 and injuring six others using an AR-15 rifle and three handguns, was convicted on Friday. A Pennsylvania jury found, 50, guilty on all 63 counts, including hate crimes and civil rights charges, was responsible for the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Bowers’ capital offenses include 11 counts of “obstructing free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death” and 11 counts of “hate crimes resulting in death.”in a written statement. “And I am thankful for the law enforcement who ran into danger to rescue me, and the U.S. Attorney who stood up in court to defend my right to pray.”
As the trial moves into its next phase, expected to last over a month, jurors will have to decide whether Bowers should be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. Bowers’ attorneys originally sought a plea deal that would have guaranteed him a life sentence without the possibility of parole, but prosecutors refused and took the case to trial to seek the death penalty.
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