Prosecutors called 60 witnesses over more than two weeks to make the case that the gunman carried out the shooting because of his hatred for Jewish people, citing a series of antisemitic comments before, during and after the mass shooting.
in 2018 methodically shot as many people as he could find because of his hatred for Jews, prosecutors said in closing arguments of his death penalty trial Thursday.
“We ask that you hold this defendant accountable for everything he did to the worshippers who survived and told you what happened that day, and hold him accountable for all those who could not tell you what happened that day,” she said.Robert Bowers, 50, has pleaded not guilty to 63 charges, including obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death and hate crimes resulting in death.
Prosecutors called 60 witnesses over more than two weeks to make the case that Bowers carried out the shooting because of his hatred for Jewish people, citing a series of antisemitic comments before, during and after the mass shooting, online and in person. The gunman stated matter-of-factly, “All Jews had to die,” one responding officer testified.
Witnesses included survivors of the attack, law enforcement officers who engaged in a shootout with the gunman, and medical, firearms and computer experts.The final witness was a woman who was shot in the arm and survived the shooting by playing dead next to her dying 97-year-old mother. In emotional testimony, Andrea Wedner described the moment she said goodbye to her mother Rose Mallinger.
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