Jury recommends death penalty for shooter who killed 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue

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A gunman who entered a Pittsburgh synagogue nearly five years ago and killed 11 people in the worst antisemitic attack in U.S. history should be sentenced to death, a jury said on Wednesday.

Robert Bowers, a truck driver, spewed hatred of Jews and espoused white supremacist beliefs online before methodically planning and carrying out the Oct. 27, 2018, massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue, where members of three congregations had gathered for Sabbath worship and study.

Bowers, a truck driver from suburban Baldwin, P.A., was armed with an AR-15 rifle and other weapons. He also wounded two worshippers and five responding

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