Jurors will now hear arguments about whether gunman Robert Bowers is eligible to be sentenced to death. Read more at straitstimes.com.
in October 2018 was found guilty on Friday of dozens of federal hate crimes and civil rights offences, closing the first stage of a trial that may ultimately end in a death sentence.guilty of 63 federal charges, including 11 counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death.
Now the trial will turn to the question of punishment. The jury will hear arguments about whether Bowers, 50, is eligible to be sentenced to death.These next two phases of the trial are expected to last around a month and a half. The outcome of this first phase was in little doubt. Bowers’ defence team did not call a single witness.The primary objective for the defence, as conveyed in court filings leading up to trial, has been to avoid a death sentence. Lawyers for Bowers made offers to plead guilty to all counts in exchange for life in prison without the possibility of parole, but the Justice Department rejected those offers.
huddling in closets or lying near death in a hallway, as Bowers stalked the Tree of Life synagogue with three handguns and a semi-automatic rifle. “We were filled with terror,” said Ms Andrea Wedner, who recounted lying on the floor of a chapel, her right arm shattered by bullets, trying to comfort her dying 97-year-old mother.The 60 witnesses called by the prosecution included police officers who rushed into the synagogue, some of whom were injured in shootouts with Bowers; businessmen who sold Bowers his gun holsters; the chief executive officer of Gab.
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