A jury recommended a death sentence Wednesday for the man who opened fire in 2018 at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, killing 11 people.
On Monday, defense attorney Judy Clarke told jurors that Bowers struggled with instability in his home life as a child and dealt with mental health issues as an adult. She urged the jury to sentence Bowers to life.. “We want you to know who Rob Bowers is and can be. He could be more than the most unimaginable thing he’s done.”
Prosecutors asked jurors to sentence Bowers to death, noting that after carrying out the deadliest attack on Jewish people in America, he has not shown remorse. “Hold him accountable for his decisions and his actions,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti said Monday,
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