The murderers of a mother and two children, named Shmushkin, last month, were sentenced to death for the crime by the Riga court.
The trial of the accused, which lasted two days, attracted widespread attention.
Mrs. Shmushkin and her two daughters were killed at midday, while the husband and father, Leib Shmushkin, a department store owner, was away at business. About 20,000 persons attended the funeral services.
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