Abraham Jacob Bonowitz is sadly misguided in his calls for clemency to be extended toward convicted mass murderer Robert Bowers (“Pittsburgh synagogue shooter should not be executed,” June 25, TribLIVE). Bowers, who took the lives of 18 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, has forfeited any claim to life he might have previously enjoyed, by virtue of the malicious crimes he committed. His offenses not only targeted Americans of Jewish extraction, but the entire national community as a whole.
Offering Bowers any level of mercy desecrates the memories of the 18 precious souls swallowed up in his carnage. We can only pray the court hearing this matter will inflict the most severe penalty upon him.
David L. Blatt
Chicago, Ill.