Hardy Lloyd sentenced to prison for threatening witnesses, jurors during synagogue shooting trial
The self-proclaimed white supremacist will spend over six years in prison.
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The self-proclaimed white supremacist will spend over six years in prison.
Many of the families linked to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting are seeing each other for the first time in months as the community gets together to remember the victims five years since the mass shooting. CBS News' KDKA reporter Meghan Schiller has the latest latest on the community's response.
According to an affidavit, Hardy Carroll Lloyd wrote threatening posts on social media and websites and also sent emails to the jury and witnesses during the trial.
The jury had to choose between the death penalty and life in prison for the gunman who killed 11 people and injured seven others in the 2018 attack.
A jury has unanimously recommended the death sentence for the gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. Robert Bowers was convicted in June of 63 counts related to the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, believed to be the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
A federal jury in Pittsburgh is deciding whether the gunman who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 will be put to death. In June, Robert Bowers was convicted of 63 criminal counts related to the shooting, the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. CBS News Pittsburgh investigative reporter Andy Sheehan has the latest.
The jury agreed with prosecutors that Robert Bowers had formed the requisite legal intent to kill.
A jury on Friday found 50-year-old truck driver Robert Bowers guilty on all counts in the 2018 shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshipers and left seven people wounded. Bowers had a history of spewing antisemitic hatred and his attorneys admitted during trial that he was responsible for the massacre. CBS News Pittsburgh reporter Meghan Schiller reports from outside the courthouse.
Defense attorneys admitted during trial that he was responsible for the massacre that killed 11 people and wounded 7.