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PITTSBURGH (JTA) — A jury has given the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter a death sentence, handing down the maximum punishment for the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.
In a few minutes on the morning of Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shattered a sacred space, took 11 lives and ripped a hole in the Jewish community not only within the walls of Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill but also in Pittsburgh and beyond. Now, as the world returns to its routines, those left bereft have pledged they will not be cowed by threats or defeated by hatred.
Butler County JailA Pennsylvania jury on Wednesday rejected Robert Bowers’ claim that he’s a brain-damaged schizophrenic who shouldn’t be executed, instead sentencing the 50-year-old to death for ruthlessly gunning down 11 Jewish worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018.The jury’s decision, nearly five years after the massacre, made the victims’ relatives bawl so loud that their cries were heard throughout the halls of the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh, The New York Times rep
The jury reached the verdict after nearly 10 hours of deliberation in the three-phase federal trial nearly five years after he massacred 11 worshipers at a Squirrel Hill synagogue.
PITTSBURGH — A jury has sentenced Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers to death for his crimes. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville read the verdict about 11:45 a.m. Jurors had