Poway synagogue attack: Feds say man driven by hatred of Jews pleaded guilty to all charges after deadly 2019 assault on California synagogue
John T. Earnest of Rancho Penasquitos pleaded responsible to a 113-count hate crimes indictment, the assertion mentioned. Prosecutors mentioned the plea settlement features a advisable sentence of life in jail plus 30 years.
Along with the synagogue assault on April 27, 2019, Earnest admitted he tried to set fireplace to the Dar-ul-Arqam mosque in Escondido, California, on March 24, 2019, the Justice Division mentioned.
Prosecutors mentioned they discovered a manifesto allegedly written by Earnest, wherein he penned anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim statements, together with “I can solely kill so many Jews” and “I solely want I killed extra.”
Armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P 15 assault rifle, Earnest, who was 19 on the time, killed 60-year-old Lori Gilbert Kaye, who was on the synagogue to honor her late mom, and injured three others, together with the rabbi and an 8-year-old lady.
They had been amongst greater than 4 dozen folks contained in the synagogue on the time.
In July, Earnest reached a plea settlement on the state costs, accepting life in jail with out parole on the homicide and tried homicide costs. The settlement spared him from the dying penalty.
