Synagogue shooter Robert Bowers sentenced to death for deadliest antisemitic attack in US history
- A jury ruled unanimously that the American truck driver should be executed for the 2018 shooting in Pittsburgh that saw 11 Jewish worshippers killed
- Joe Biden’s Justice Department has put a moratorium on federal executions, however, meaning it is not clear whether the sentence will ever be carried out
An American truck driver was sentenced to death on Wednesday for massacring 11 Jewish worshippers five years ago in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.
The 12-member jury unanimously ruled that Robert Bowers should be executed for the October 27, 2018 mass shooting in Pittsburgh, the federal prosecutor’s office said.
US President Joe Biden’s Justice Department has put a moratorium on federal executions, however, meaning it is not clear whether the sentence will ever be carried out on Bowers.
The 50-year-old was found guilty in June of all 63 charges levelled against him, including hate crimes resulting in murder and attempted murder.
Bowers methodically tracked down his victims at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, shooting many times from close range as he yelled: “All Jews must die!”