Defense team files motions in attempt to keep Nassau County deputy killer off death row

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Despite a near unanimous jury recommendation for the death penalty for Patrick McDowell, his defense team is trying new methods to keep their client off death row.

This week’s Insider Deals are so good you’ll want all of themIn April, a jury voted 11 to 1 to recommend McDowell be sent to death row for shooting and killing Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers .

In two motions, McDowell’s defense attorneys outline why they feel the mitigating factors should be enough to sway the judge.

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