Jurors Send Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooter to His Death
A Pennsylvania jury on Wednesday rejected Robert Bowers’ claim that he’s a brain-damaged schizophrenic who shouldn’t be executed, instead sentencing the 50-year-old to death for ruthlessly gunning down 11 Jewish worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018.
The jury’s decision, nearly five years after the massacre, made the victims’ relatives bawl so loud that their cries were heard throughout the halls of the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh, The New York Times reported.
Bowers, 50, was reportedly less emotional himself, briefly whispering to his lawyers and showing little reaction as a judge read the verdict.