"Robert Bowers faces death penalty trial for 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting"

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"Robert Bowers faces death penalty trial for 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting"
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Jury selection has begun for Robert Bowers, a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. Bowers faces 63 counts, including 11 counts of obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death and 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death. He could get the death sentence if convicted. During the trial, prosecutors are expected to present incriminatory statements he allegedly made to investigators, an online trail of antisemitic statements, and the guns recovered from him at the crime scene. Bowers' lawyers recently said he has schizophrenia and structural and functional brain impairments.

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