Pittsburgh synagogue shooter harbored 'malice and hate' for Jews

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : The families of the victims are split over whether the government should pursue the death penalty against Bowers, but most have voiced support for it.
42% : Bowers could face the death penalty if convicted of some of the 63 counts he faces in the shootings, which claimed the lives of worshippers
39% : The trial is beginning nearly five years after the October 2018 shooting and will involve jurors deciding whether to impose the death penalty in the case of a man charged with hate-motived killings in a religious space.
18% : The start of the death penalty trial comes three years after President Joe Biden said during his 2020 campaign that he would work to end capital punishment at the federal level and in states that still use it.

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