Overview
- Judge Aileen Cannon ordered life without parole plus seven years on a firearm count after a 90-minute hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida.
- Prosecutors argued Routh plotted for months, was prepared to kill anyone who intervened, and showed no remorse in urging the maximum sentence.
- Defense filings sought a 20- to 27-year term and proposed mental health treatment, and his lawyer says he will appeal the conviction and sentence.
- Trial evidence showed Routh hid in bushes with a loaded, scoped rifle, used multiple burner phones and false identities, and left body-armor plates and a camera at the scene.
- Secret Service agents spotted the rifle barrel, fired, and Routh fled before being arrested, in a campaign season that also saw an earlier rally shooting in Pennsylvania.