“He took from us five beautiful people,” said Judge Michael Wachs before sentencing Jarrod Ramos to more than 340 years in prison.

Prosecutors are seeking at least five life sentences without the possibility of parole for 41-year-old Jarrod Ramos.

The memorial is called “The Guardians of the First Amendment.”

After the U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation, President Trump signed the bill to authorize a memorial to honor reporters, photographers, and broadcasters who have been killed while on the job.

The legislation comes as the region prepares to honor the lives of the five journalists killed last year in a brutal attack on the Capital Gazette newsroom.

It focuses on the story of the attack that killed five newsroom staff members in June.

Many Washington area journalists feel safe at work, but emotionally they’re anxious and sad, according to an informal survey conducted after a mass shooting in an Annapolis newsroom.

A gunman killed five reporters at the Capital Gazette Newspaper in Annapolis Thursday. This GoFundMe had raised about $128,000 at the time of publication.