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Patrick McDowell read a letter, preferring to receive the death sentence over life in prison on Thursday during closing arguments in his death penalty trial.

Before Patrick McDowell’s attorneys made their final bid Thursday to convince a jury not to recommend the death penalty for their client, McDowell took the stand for the second time during his sentencing trial and read a statement, asking the jury not to show him mercy.

Jurors opted for the death penalty for Patrick McDowell's sentence in the murder of Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers in 2021.

Defense attorneys for Patrick McDowell are expected to call another two witnesses Wednesday as they wrap up their effort to convince a jury not to recommend the death penalty for the man who admitted to fatally shooting a Nassau County deputy.

Patrick McDowell confessed to killing Deputy Joshua Moyers during a traffic stop in 2021.

Patrick McDowell’s defense will turn from character witnesses to psychological experts on Tuesday as his attorneys attempt to convince a jury not to recommend the death penalty for the man who admitted to fatally shooting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers.

Patrick McDowell testified he was on meth when he shot Nassau County Sheriff's Deputy Joshua Moyers in 2021 in order to not go back to jail.

Patrick McDowell’s defense will continue to call witnesses Monday from its list of dozens who are testifying on behalf of the man who admitted to fatally shooting Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers during a 2021 traffic stop.

Patrick McDowell killed Nassau Deputy Joshua Moyers in May 2021. A jury is deciding if McDowell will be executed or live the rest of his life in prison.

Witness testified confessed Nassau County cop killer Patrick McDowell was a stand-up Marine years before murder