ResolvedPriorityCriminal · Federal capital conviction· W.D. Pa. (Pittsburgh)
United States v. Robert Bowers — the Tree of Life attack (2018)
Eleven worshippers were murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018. Bowers was convicted on 63 federal counts in 2023 and sentenced to death.
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Timeline
- 2018
A federal indictment charges hate crimes and obstruction of religious exercise.
- 2023
A jury convicts on all counts after a nine-week trial.
- 2023
The jury returns a unanimous death verdict; sentence is formally imposed in August.
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