Perpetrator of 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack sentenced to death

2023-08-02T17:33:23.015Z

Highlights: The perpetrator of a 2018 gun attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue, the deadliest against the Jewish community in U.S. history, was sentenced to death by a federal jury on Wednesday. Robert Bowers, a truck driver who was convicted of perpetrating 11 murders on October 27, 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, a crime aggravated by the qualification of an anti-Semitic act. The 12-member jury voted unanimously in favor of capital punishment against Bowers. According to the criteria of The Trust Project, the death penalty should be carried out on a first-degree murder charge.

The perpetrator of a 2018 gun attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue, the deadliest against the Jewish community in U.S. history, was sentenced to death by a...