The author of the shooting in 2018 in a pittsburgh synagogueUnited States, where 11 people died and 7 were injured, has been sentenced to death penalty this Wednesday.
The 12 members of the Pittsburgh federal jury They reached a unanimous sentence this Wednesday after 10 hours of deliberation, during which life imprisonment was also assessed.
The murderer, Robert Bowerswas convicted last June of 63 counts of aggravated murder as an anti-Semitic crime.
The question faced by the jury about whether to sentence the gunman to death penalty or life imprisonmentit was argued that the aggravating circumstances outweighed the 15 extenuating circumstances, reported the CBS.
The facts judged occurred on October 27, 2018, when Bowers agreed armed with an AR-15 assault rifle and three pistols to the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue and opened fire during Saturday morning services.
It is the bloodiest anti-Semitic attack in the history of USA. As he fired indiscriminately at synagogue worshipers, the assassin yelled “All Jews must die!”
The phrase, demonstrated by the testimonies of the survivors, was key to demonstrating the aggravating antisemitism and prop up the sentence to the death penalty.
Finally, the murderer was subdued by the police during a shootout in which he was wounded. Robert BowersA trucker by profession, he had a history of violent and anti-Semitic episodes.
The lawyers admitted from the beginning of the trial that their defendant was the responsible for the massacre and they articulated their defense by arguing that the murderer was allegedly mentally ill.
The lawyers managed during the trial to raise the thesis that the murder was not motivated by the i hate jewish community, but because of Bowers’ schizophrenia. The thesis, however, was finally rejected when it was shown that the murderer planned the massacre in detail.
