
A jury sentenced Patrick Crusius to 90 consecutive life prison sentences Friday after he murdered 23 victims inside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in August 2019.
Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty to 90 charges, half of them being federal hate crimes, CNN reported. The charges include 23 counts of hate crimes resulting in death, 23 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence, 22 counts of hate crimes involving intent to kill and 22 counts of use of firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
The sentencing hearing began Wednesday morning at the U.S. courthouse in El Paso and started with a discussion of the presentence report and an opportunity for the defense and plaintiff to face the court.