A report from Pittsburgh indicates that a judge ruled that Robert Bowers can face the death penalty for allegedly killing 11 people at the tree of life synagogue in 2018. Bowers said last week that he would agree to a plea deal if the death penalty was taken off the table, but prosecutors refused, and the judge ruled yesterday that the prosecution may go ahead with the death penalty case, which many of the victims families agree with. Jury selection is underway, and is expected to continue today. Bowers is facing 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death and obstruction of free exercise of religion in the killings.
