Nassau Co. cop killer Patrick McDowell wants to be put to death
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.
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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.