Pittsburgh Man Goes on Trial for Synagogue Attack, Could Face Death Penalty

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Reuters

By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire and killing 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history faces a potential death sentence at the end of a federal trial that begins on Monday with jury selection. Robert Bowers, 50, is accused of dozens of charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death, in a massacre that unfolded at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. On Monday, federal prosecutors and attorneys for Bowers were to begin selecting 12 jurors to sit for what is expected to be a weeks-lo…

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