Prosecutors rebutted that and said Crusius knew what he was doing when he carried out the massacre.
His attorney Joe Spencer made a statement for him in which he said the shooter suffered from mental illness which drove him to carry out the shooting, according to the Texas Tribune newspaper.
Included in the plea were 45 counts of violating hate crimes and 45 counts of using a firearm during a violent crime.Ĭrusius did not speak in court. He still faces Texas state charges that could result in the death penalty. District Judge David Guaderrama in El Paso adhered to a plea agreement from February in which shooter Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty to and agreed to 90 consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole in order to avoid the federal death penalty. (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Texas Walmart while targeting Hispanics, according to court records and prosecutors.
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