Latvia is asking a U.S. judge not to sentence to death a man convicted of killing five minorities, including a Jewish woman, during a shooting spree in Pittsburgh in April 2000. Richard Scott Baumhammers, who holds both Latvian and U.S. citizenship, is slated to be sentenced on Thursday.
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