The defendant in the synagogue shooting case has been institutionalized for psychiatric issues and has attempted suicide, one of his lawyers told a federal court jury on Monday.
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Lawyers for Robert Bowers, the man who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are attempting to convince the jury that he is mentally ill.
The Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooter acted irrationally due to mental health problems and had a history of psychotic symptoms consistent with schizophrenia, his defense attorneys said in the punishment phase of his death penalty trial Monday.