Facing the death penalty in Nassau County, 11 out of 12 jurors voted for McDowell to receive a death sentence.
The jury decided to recommend the death penalty by a vote of 11-1 for McDowell's crime of killing Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers.
Eleven jurors voted for McDowell to be put to death while just one recommended McDowell receive a sentence of life in prison. read a letter to the courtroom, saying he deserves to be put to death over receiving a life prison sentenceIn the letter, McDowell said"this is a plea for justice." He told the jury it made him sick to watch people try to excuse what he did, said he never once considered Moyers's life and just"killed him to get away," and testified that if someone murdered his loved one this way, he'd want them dead.
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