Under Jewish law, the death penalty is an option for some offenses but tradition holds that it was rarely if ever meted out.
Federal prosecutors charged Bowers with 63 counts, including 11 counts of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death.
The government, on the other hand, is pressing for the death penalty and making the case that Bowers was animated by hate, not delusions.
The defense experts, Park Dietz said Monday, “simply mistook every ordinary widespread white separatist beliefs as delusions because they were not familiar with them.”
We must be clear: These acts of mass violence are simply the tip of the iceberg.
Robert Bowers was found guilty of murdering 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue and is facing the death penalty. Here are three reasons why he shouldn't be executed
A jury has found Robert Bowers guilty of federal hate crimes for killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.
The free exercise of religious beliefs “does not include the engagement in good works or conduct that may or may not be part of religious belief,” she said.
Judge Robert Colville dismissed the jury on Wednesday and told jurors to return on Thursday to hear closing arguments, after which the jury will deliberate and deliver its verdict.
The man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is facing dozens of federal charges.
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