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White supremacist admits threatening jury, witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman
FILE - A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. Robert Bowers, the man who killed 11 congregants at the Pittsburgh synagogue, was formally sentenced to death on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Death penalty for Tree of Life shooter hardly brings closure to Jewish community
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Jury poised to deliberate death penalty or life sentence for Pittsburgh synagogue massacre gunman
A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Thursday, July 13, 2023, the day a federal jury announced they had found Robert Bowers, who in 2018 killed 11 people at the synagogue, eligible for the death penalty. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Jurors in Pittsburgh synagogue killer’s case will decide between death penalty or life in prison
A Star of David hangs from a fence outside the dormant landmark Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Thursday, July 13, 2023, the day a federal jury announced they had found Robert Bowers, who in 2018 killed 11 people at the synagogue, eligible for the death penalty. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Sentiments collide over Tree of Life synagogue shooter’s sentencing
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‘Felt like a year’: Worshipper describes fear during gunman’s deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue
Richard Gottfried, center, carries the Torah as he and other members of the New Light Jewish congregation march along Denniston Street to their new home at 5898 Wilkins Avenue, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in Pittsburgh. Robert Bowers went on trial Tuesday, May 30, 2023, more than four years after an attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers, including Gottfried, and wounded 7 others. Bowers could face the death penalty if convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)