They were grandparents and siblings, children and spouses. They were doctors and dentists, nurses and accountants. They were 11 people who were supposed to be safe in a place that they loved. Last week marked the start of the final, sentence-­selection phase in the trial of Robert G. Bowers, 50,
At a time when some doctors would turn away patients with AIDS fearful of them, Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz would not only treat them, he would hug them. It was emblematic of his philosophy as a doctor and a person. “He wanted to practice medicine the way he thought it should