![]() ![]() The synagogue massacre case has already spanned two presidencies. The defense also objected to the procedure by which the government considered Bowers’ request to reconsider its pursuit of capital punishment.Ĭolville agreed with the Justice Department’s argument that Bowers failed to account for the differences between his case and the other cases for which the government did not seek the death penalty. ![]() In a legal filing last month, Bowers’ lawyers argued the Justice Department lacks “a discernible, principled basis” for seeking death against Bowers but not for defendants in comparable cases. ![]() Most of the juror questioning by Bowers’ attorneys has focused on jurors’ views on the death penalty. AP PHOTOS: Pageantry, rain herald King Charles' coronationīowers’ attorneys already offered a guilty plea in return for a life sentence without parole, but prosecutors refused and are seeking the death penalty, a move most of the victims’ families support. ![]()
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