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A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting with all of the U.S. Attorneys to discuss violent crime reduction strategies at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Contrasting decisions on whether gunmen should face a federal death sentence in massecres with so much in common illustrate the Justice Department’s murky, often baffling death penalty policies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue is found eligible for the death penalty

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. More than a week after convicting a gunman in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, jurors will begin hearing arguments in federal court Monday, June 26, 2023, about whether he should receive the death penalty for killing 11 worshippers inside the Pittsburgh synagogue. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trying to save his life, lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue gunman argue he is mentally ill

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

This photo of bullet-damaged prayer book in the Tree of Life synagogue building in Pittsburgh was entered May 30, 2023, as a court exhibit by prosecutors in the federal trial of Robert Bowers. He faces multiple charges in the killing of 11 worshippers from three congregations and the wounding of seven worshippers and police officers in the building on Oct. 27, 2018. The charges include the obstruction of the free exercise of religion, resulting in death. (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania via AP)

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman is found guilty in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ** FILE **

Gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre harbored ‘malice and hate’ for Jews, prosecutor says

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

This is the Federal Courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh on Monday April 24, 2023. The long-delayed capital murder trial of Robert Bowers accused in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will begin with jury selection beginning April 24, 2023, at the Federal Courthouse in Pittsburgh, a federal judge has ruled. Bowers, a Baldwin resident who has pleaded not guilty, could be sentenced to death if convicted of the shootings. He faces more than 60 federal charges stemming from the Oct. 27, 2018, attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 worshippers in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Judge: Synagogue massacre suspect can face death penalty

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FILE - Signs hang on a fence surrounding the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Sept. 17, 2019. Prosecutors told a federal judge, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in a new filing that the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre defendant’s statements at the scene should be allowed for use at trial, in part because concerns about public safety in the immediate aftermath were a valid reason to keep questioning him. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Court hears debate over accused synagogue shooter’s words

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

A firefighter surveys damage to a house after a tornado touches down south of Birmingham, Ala., in the Eagle Point community damaging multiple homes Thursday, March 25, 2021. The National Weather Service issued multiple tornado warnings for Alabama and surrounding states. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

East Coast firefighters help Alabama units hit by tornadoes

By BRUCE A. SCRUTON and New Jersey Herald - Associated Press

Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect

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Synagogue attack defendant says offer of plea would end case

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FILE - This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. Bowers is charged with killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh filed a notice of intent Monday, Aug. 26, 2019 to seek the death penalty against Bowers in last year's attack. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP, File)

Feds seek death penalty in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

FILE - This Dec. 2, 2018, file photo shows a menorah at a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue, where Robert Bowers killed worshippers in an Oct. 27 shooting, as people prepare for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Bowers, charged with killing 11 worshippers at the Pittsburgh synagogue last year, has a court hearing Monday, Aug. 12, 2019. Prosecutors have not made a final decision on whether to seek the death penalty. Bowers is not expected to be in court. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Sides agree to extension in synagogue massacre case

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Extremist reported by family pleads guilty to gun charge

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

FILE - This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. A lawyer for Bowers, charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, says he still wants to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. Judy Clarke appeared in a federal courtroom Thursday, May 23, 2019, and told a judge she hopes the case against Bowers can be resolved without a trial. The 46-year-old truck driver wasn’t in court. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP, File)

Lawyers for synagogue massacre suspect allege FBI meddling

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

Lawyer: Synagogue massacre suspect wants plea deal

By RAMESH SANTANAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2018 photo, Rabbi Eli Wilansky lights a candle after a mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Robert Bowers, a truck driver accused of killing 11 and wounding seven during an attack on the Pittsburgh synagogue in October is expected to appear Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, morning in a federal courtroom to be arraigned on additional charges. (Steph Chamber/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

The Latest: Synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty

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This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. Bowers, a truck driver accused of killing 11 and wounding seven during an attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018 is expected to appear Monday morning, Feb. 11, 2019, in a federal courtroom to be arraigned on additional charges. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP, File)

Robert Bowers, Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect, pleads not guilty

By Ramesh Santanam - Associated Press

This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. A federal grand jury Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019, added 19 charges to the 44 counts previously levied against Bowers. Thirteen of the new counts are hate crime violations and the others accuse him of discharging a firearm during those crimes, alleging the 46-year-old Bowers willfully caused injury to the victims because of their religion. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP)

Hate crimes charged in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre case

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP)

Robert Bowers, Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, faces 63 new charges in superceding indictment

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times