A verdict has been reached in the final phase of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting that claimed 11 lives in October, 2018, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in United States history.
The jury has unanimously voted to sentence Robert Bowers to death.
Jurors reached a verdict around 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning after they started deliberating on Tuesday morning, for a total of around 10 hours.
After a lengthy jury selection that began on April 24, the trial began on May 30. It featured detailed and graphic evidence from the crime scene.
Several witnesses, including law enforcement, family members and Rabbi Jeffery Myers of the Tree of Life congregation.
On June 16, the jury found Bowers guilty on all 63 counts against him in the first phase.
The jury then deemed Bowers eligible for the death penalty on July 13.
The third and final sentencing phase began on July 17.
The defense tried several times to have a mistrial declared and at one point requested to have the body of Robert Bowers’ father exhumed for DNA when the prosecution raised questions about paternity.
The main arguments for the defense centered around Robert Bowers' family history, including mental illness on both his mother and father's sides.
Of the 22 people inside the Tree of Life, New Light and Dor Hadash congregations that morning on October 27, 2018, 11 were killed.
Their names: Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil and David Rosenthal, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger were the victims on October 27, 2018.
Robert Bowers will be sentenced on Thursday.