Closing arguments made in Tree of Life synagogue shooting case
1 year, 6 months ago

Closing arguments made in Tree of Life synagogue shooting case

Al Jazeera  

Deliberations are under way in a case centred on the 2018 massacre at Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 congregants. Prosecutors have delivered their closing arguments against a man accused of turning a United States synagogue into a “hunting ground” in a 2018 shooting that left 11 people dead. A 50-year-old former trucker named Robert Bowers faces 63 criminal counts for carrying out a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, considered the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history. “He is filled with hatred for Jews,” prosecutor Mary Hahn said, noting Bowers had a long record of engaging with and promoting anti-Semitic and white supremacist content online. Prosecutor Mary Hahn told the jury that Bowers — who was apprehended after a shootout that injured five police officers — allegedly told law enforcement that “all of these Jews need to die”.

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack
1 year, 4 months ago

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman has been sentenced to die in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — The man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue was formally sentenced to death Thursday, one day after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate for the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. Alan Mallinger, son of 97-year-old Rose Mallinger, the attack’s oldest victim, told Bowers the synagogue would be rebuilt, the …

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman formally sentenced to die
1 year, 4 months ago

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman formally sentenced to die

LA Times  

The 17 victims of the assault on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. Top row, from left, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal and David Rosenthal; bottom row, from left, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Dan Stein, Melvin Wax and Irving Younger. “I have nothing specific that I care to say to …

The Pittsburgh Synagogue Gunman Will Be Sentenced To Death
1 year, 4 months ago

The Pittsburgh Synagogue Gunman Will Be Sentenced To Death

Huff Post  

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting via Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers will be sentenced to death for perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Robert Bowers spewed hatred of Jews and espoused white supremacist beliefs online before methodically planning and carrying out the 2018 massacre …

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack
1 year, 4 months ago

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

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — The gunman who stormed a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community and killed 11 worshippers will be sentenced to death for perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, a jury decided Wednesday. Jurors were unanimous in finding that Bowers’ attack was motivated by his hatred of Jews, and that he chose Tree of Life for …

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers who killed 11 sentenced to death
1 year, 4 months ago

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers who killed 11 sentenced to death

Al Jazeera  

US federal jury recommends that Robert Bowers, who opened fire at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, get the death penalty. A 12-member federal jury on Wednesday unanimously ruled that Robert Bowers should be executed for the mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018. The jurors found that Bowers’s attack was motivated by …

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Found Eligible For The Death Penalty
1 year, 5 months ago

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Found Eligible For The Death Penalty

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PITTSBURGH — The gunman who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 is eligible for the death penalty, a federal jury announced Thursday, setting the stage for further evidence and testimony on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The government is seeking capital punishment for Robert Bowers, who raged against …

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman is found guilty in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history
1 year, 6 months ago

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

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — A truck driver who spewed hatred of Jews was convicted Friday of storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find on a Sabbath morning, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die. The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers’ lawyers conceded at the trial’s …

Man found guilty in Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11
1 year, 6 months ago

Man found guilty in Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11

Al Jazeera  

A jury convicted Robert Bowers of all 63 counts related to a 2018 massacre, the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. Prosecutors said that Bowers had posted anti-Jewish content online and shouted, “All Jews must die!” when he burst into the synagogue wielding an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon. Public defender Elisa Long, however, argued that Bowers had been blinded by …

Gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting found guilty of all 63 federal charges
1 year, 6 months ago

Gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting found guilty of all 63 federal charges

CNN  

CNN — Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was convicted by a federal jury Friday on all 63 charges against him. ‘Praying, singing and clapping’ “I am grateful to God for getting us to this day,” Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, who survived the mass shooting, said in a statement. The CEO …

Gunman’s hatred of Jews motivated synagogue massacre, prosecutor says before jury gets case
1 year, 6 months ago

Gunman’s hatred of Jews motivated synagogue massacre, prosecutor says before jury gets case

LA Times  

Shown are the bullet-damaged doors of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. A truck driver who hated Jewish people turned a sacred house of worship into a “hunting ground” when he burst into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 congregants, a federal prosecutor said Thursday, before jury deliberations got underway in the man’s capital trial. “He is filled with …

Synagogue massacre survivor cried ‘Mommy’ as her 97-year-old mother was shot and killed by her side
1 year, 6 months ago

Synagogue massacre survivor cried ‘Mommy’ as her 97-year-old mother was shot and killed by her side

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” after realizing her 97-year-old mother had been shot and killed by her side in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people. She testified that she checked her mother’s pulse and realized, …

Final witness in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial says she played dead next to her 97-year-old mother
1 year, 6 months ago

Final witness in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial says she played dead next to her 97-year-old mother

CNN  

CNN — The final witness to testify in the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial said Wednesday she played dead and stayed by her dying mother’s side during the attack. “My mother looked at me and said, ‘What do we do?’ in a very scared voice,” Wedner testified. The case stems from the mass shooting on October 27, 2018, in which …

Synagogue massacre survivor cried ‘Mommy’ as her 97-year-old mother was shot and killed by her side
1 year, 6 months ago

Synagogue massacre survivor cried ‘Mommy’ as her 97-year-old mother was shot and killed by her side

LA Times  

A photo of a bullet-damaged prayer book was entered as evidence in the federal trial of the man charged with killing 11 worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018. A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” …

Gunman used social media to attack Jews before deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, jurors learn
1 year, 6 months ago

Gunman used social media to attack Jews before deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, jurors learn

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — A gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue ranted incessantly on social media about his hatred of Jewish people before the 2018 attack, according to evidence introduced at his federal death penalty trial on Tuesday. With the trial in its third week, testimony turned toward Bowers’ use of Gab — a social media platform popular with …

Gunman attacked Jews on social media before deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, jurors learn
1 year, 6 months ago

Gunman attacked Jews on social media before deadly Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, jurors learn

LA Times  

A photograph of the bullet-damaged doors of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh was shared with jurors during the trial of Robert Bowers, who is accused of gunning down 11 worshipers in 2018. A gunman who killed 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue ranted incessantly on social media about his hatred of Jewish people before the 2018 attack, according …

Police testify about confronting gunman at Pittsburgh synagogue
1 year, 6 months ago

Police testify about confronting gunman at Pittsburgh synagogue

Associated Press  

Police on Friday described how they exchanged fire with a gunman who carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, frantic to get wounded worshippers to safety as they shot and neutralized the suspect. Several officers took the stand on the fourth day of the prosecution’s case against Robert Bowers, whose lawyers have acknowledged he shot and killed 11 …

Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial features prayer book with a bullet hole and survivors’ testimony
1 year, 6 months ago

Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting trial features prayer book with a bullet hole and survivors’ testimony

CNN  

CNN — A powerful image of a Jewish prayer book damaged with a bullet hole was released as evidence Wednesday in the death penalty trial of the man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. “One day when I’m not there, this book tells a story that needs to be told.” That and other images were …

Lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue defendant admit he carried out deadliest US antisemitic attack
1 year, 6 months ago

Lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue defendant admit he carried out deadliest US antisemitic attack

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. But she questioned whether Bowers had acted out of hatred, as prosecutors contend, or an irrational belief that he needed to kill Jews to save others from …

Trial For Accused Gunman In Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Slated To Start
1 year, 6 months ago

Trial For Accused Gunman In Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Slated To Start

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PITTSBURGH — The federal jury trial of the suspect in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack is scheduled to get underway Tuesday morning, four and a half years after the shooting deaths of 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. As an indication that the guilt-or-innocence phase of the trial seems almost a foregone conclusion, Bowers’ defense team spent …

Trial begins for gunman in massacre at US Tree of Life synagogue
1 year, 6 months ago

Trial begins for gunman in massacre at US Tree of Life synagogue

Al Jazeera  

Lawyers for suspect Robert Bowers acknowledge that he entered the synagogue with the intention of killing Jewish people. In her opening statement, defence lawyer Judy Clarke said that Bowers went to the Tree of Life synagogue and “shot every person he saw” in pursuit of what she said was an “unthinkable, nonsensical, irrational thought that by killing Jews he would …

Jury selection begins over 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack
1 year, 7 months ago

Jury selection begins over 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — Most prospective jurors said Monday that if they were to convict a man of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, they would be capable of sentencing him to die. He offered to plead guilty in return for a life sentence, but federal prosecutors turned him down even though Joe …

April trial set for man charged in synagogue massacre
2 years, 3 months ago

April trial set for man charged in synagogue massacre

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — The long-delayed capital murder trial of Robert Bowers in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre will begin in April, a federal judge has ruled. 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. …

April trial set for man charged in synagogue massacre
2 years, 3 months ago

April trial set for man charged in synagogue massacre

The Independent  

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3 years after Pittsburgh synagogue attack, trial still ahead
3 years, 2 months ago

3 years after Pittsburgh synagogue attack, trial still ahead

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — As the three-year mark since the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue approaches, survivors are planning now-familiar annual rituals of remembrance, the criminal case involving the suspect plods on, and the site is in line for restoration. I can only say for myself, I will always be healing.” The pandemic has also caused delays and logistical challenges …

Police say accused synagogue shooter talked of killing Jews
3 years, 2 months ago

Police say accused synagogue shooter talked of killing Jews

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police officers who responded to the synagogue building during a shooting three years ago that killed 11 people told a judge Tuesday that defendant Robert Bowers made several references to killing Jews. Federal prosecutors played dozens of snippets from police radio transmissions from the scene, including one in which Mescan said: “Suspect is talking about ‘all these …

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