{"id":1989272,"date":"2023-08-02T22:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-sentenced-to-death-by-jury\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T22:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T02:04:22","slug":"pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-sentenced-to-death-by-jury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-sentenced-to-death-by-jury\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Receives Death Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-sentenced-to-death-by-jury%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1989272&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Historic Verdict: Pittsburgh\u2063 Synagogue Shooter \u2064Sentenced to Death<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a landmark decision, a jury on Wednesday \u2062sentenced\u200d the\u200c man responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-detergent-company-calls-to-defund-police-says-george-floyd-was-murdered-and-that-white-supremacy-embedded-in-our-country\/\" title=\"Woke Detergent Company Calls To Defund Police, Says George Floyd Was Murdered, And That White Supremacy \u2018Embedded In Our Country\u2019\">horrific attack<\/a> on the Tree of Life Synagogue in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pittsburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh<\/a> \u200dto death. This comes nearly five years after the tragic incident \u200dthat claimed the lives of 11 innocent people.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The shooter, whose name\u2064 we will not mention in accordance \u200dwith our company policy, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooter-convicted-on-all-charges-could-face-death-penalty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">found \u200cguilty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in\u200c June on all 63 counts\u2063 he faced, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-confirms-it-got-tip-about-colorado-nonbinary-mass-shooting-suspect\/\" title=\"FBI Confirms It Got Tip About Colorado \u201cNonbinary\u201d Mass Shooting Suspect\">including hate crimes<\/a> and obstructing the free exercise of\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tree-of-life-synagogue-shooter-convicted-on-all-charges-could-face-death-penalty\/\" title=\"Synagogue shooter found guilty on all counts, may face death penalty.\">religious beliefs resulting<\/a> in death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The jury&#8217;s unanimous decision was announced by U.S. \u2062District Judge Robert J. Colville, who presided over the trial in \u200bdowntown Pittsburgh. \u200bThe judge will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/08\/02\/us\/pittsburgh-synagogue-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officially<\/a> sentence \u2062the\u2062 shooter\u2064 to death later this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The victims were members of three Jewish congregations who\u2063 had\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-eligible-for-death-penalty-jury-decides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gathered<\/a> \u200d at the Tree of Life synagogue\u2063 on October 27, 2018. The gunman also injured\u2062 two other worshipers and \u200dfive police\u200c officers, using multiple firearms during\u2062 the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The victims of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-niece-tweets-about-shooter-being-white-man-deletes-i-made-an-assumption\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Niece Tweets About Shooter Being White Man, Deletes: \u2018I Made An Assumption\u2019\">tragic shooting<\/a> \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/crime-courts\/2023\/08\/02\/pittsburgh-synagogue-tree-of-life-trial-updates-robert-bowers-verdict\/stories\/202308020089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were<\/a>: Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil \u200cand \u2062David \u200dRosenthal, \u200dBernice and Sylvan Simon,\u200c Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This heinous act is considered \u2064the deadliest anti-Semitic\u200d attack in \u200bU.S. history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI hope that today\u2019s sentencing decision in the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-sentenced-to-death-by-jury\/\" title=\"Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Receives Death Sentence\">synagogue shooting\u200d case marks<\/a> a step forward toward healing for our community,\u201d expressed \u2064Pittsburgh Mayor\u200d Ed Gainey\u200d after the verdict was announced. \u201cI hope that \u200bwe can use this decision\u2064 to start a new chapter that uplifts and\u200d protects \u2062our city\u2019s Jewish community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u2062 shooter&#8217;s defense attorneys requested a life sentence if he \u200cpleaded guilty, but prosecutors,\u2063 with the support\u2064 of most of the victims&#8217;\u200c families, refused and took the case\u200b to\u200c trial to pursue the death \u2062penalty. The \u2062shooter&#8217;s lawyers \u2063also argued that he was mentally ill\u200b and driven by a \u2063delusional \u2064belief\u200c system\u2062 that compelled him to commit\u200d this act of violence against\u200c Jews, as \u200breported by the Associated Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe turned this place of worship into an exhibit in his criminal trial,\u201d stated U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan while advocating for the death penalty, according \u2063to the Pittsburgh Gazette.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A criminal\u200d complaint\u2062 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/pittsburgh-synagogue-mass-shooting-verdict-reached-federal-death\/story?id=100104078\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">revealed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that the shooter\u200b intentionally targeted \u200cthe\u200d synagogue \u2063with the\u200b intention of killing Jewish people. The defense attorneys acknowledged his actions \u2062but urged the jurors to carefully examine his\u2064 intent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Zach \u200dJewell contributed to this report. \u2063 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A jury sentenced the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter to death, five years after killing 11 people. The guilty verdict in June included all 63 counts. 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