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Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

They citied his premeditation, planning, anti-Semitic motivation and the number of victims, as well as his “lack of remorse.”

By Marcy Oster August 27, 2019 2:38 am

Opinion

The Pittsburgh shooter could have killed my husband. I still don’t want him to get the death penalty.

The best vengeance for Jews is strengthening other Jews and Jewish life in Pittsburgh and around the world, the rabbi’s wife says.

February 19, 2019 2:10 pm

Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi opposes death penalty for terrorists bill

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said he was concerned about a Jewish terrorist receiving a death sentence, and referred specifically to the Jewish extremists who firebombed a Palestinian home in the West Bank village of Duma, killing three people including an infant.

January 7, 2018 2:35 pm

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Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

The Pittsburgh shooter could have killed my husband. I still don’t want him to get the death penalty.

Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi opposes death penalty for terrorists bill

Israeli bill makes imposing death penalty on terrorists easier

Palestinian man found guilty of murdering three Israelis at their Shabbat table

Iranian convicted of spying for Israel sentenced to death

Dual Israeli-Canadian citizen facing death penalty in Arab country

Jury recommends death for Kansas City JCC shooter

Knesset rejects death penalty bill

Lebanese tribunal sentences three ‘spies’ to death

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