ARRESTED: Robert Bowers, who was injured in the shootout with the police. Photo: JEFF SWENSEN/AFP/PA Transportation Authority
If he is found guilty of the 11 murders in a synagogue, American Robert Bowers could be executed. In that case, it will be the first death sentence under President Biden.
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American Robert Bowers could possibly become the first to be sentenced to death under President Joe Biden’s gravity, according to a decision by a federal jury in Pittsburgh. Bowers is accused of killing 11 Jews in a synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018. The jury supported the prosecution that he planned the attack for six months, and later expressed regret that he did not kill more. Bowers’ defenders argued that he suffered from mental problems and had a delusion that he could prevent a genocide of white people by killing Jews. Show more
“All Jews must die,” he shouted. Then he stormed in and killed eleven people.
Now the shooter who attacked a synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018 can probably expect the death penalty. That was decided by a federal jury in Pittsburgh on Thursday. It depends on the evidence whether Robert Bowers should be sentenced to death or life in prison. It writes AP.
If the jury sentences Bower to death, it will be the first federal death sentence handed down under President Joe Biden. Biden promised during the election campaign to abolish the death penalty, but federal prosecutors continue to enforce it in certain cases.
The federal authorities want the death penalty for Robert Bowers, who in 2018 stormed the Tree of Life synagogue with an AR15 rifle and other weapons in what would become the bloodiest anti-Semitic attack in the United States.
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The jury sided with prosecutors that Bowers — who spent six months planning the attack and later expressed remorse for not killing more people — had intent to kill.
HELP: An injured person is carried away from the scene in 2018 Photo: Alexandra Wimley / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / AP
Bowers’ defense attorneys argued that he was debilitated by mental illness and a delusion that he could prevent a genocide of white people by killing Jews.
Bowers himself showed little reaction when the jury’s decision that he could be sentenced to death was read out.
The reactions of the survivors and relatives of the deceased were strong, writes AP.
– It has been almost five years since eleven people were taken away from us. They were loved and valued family members, friends and neighbors. They cannot speak for themselves. Therefore, their family members will speak for them, said Maggie Feinstein, director of the Healing Partnership, an organization that helps survivors of the shooting drama.
Jeffrey Finkelstein, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, rejects the defense’s argument that Bowers’ actions were due to mental illness.
– This was a manifestation of anti-Semitism, not a question of mental illness, said Finkelstein.
REACTED LITTLE: Robert Bowers during the trial in Pittsburgh. Photo: David Klug / AP
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Bowers has been convicted of 63 offences, including hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of religious practice. His lawyers offered to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, but prosecutors refused, insisting on continuing the trial with a view to the death penalty.
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Published: 14.07.23 at 02:52
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