Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue shooter guilty of hate crimes, could receive death penalty

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : A jury will now decide if Robert Bowers will receive the death penalty for committing the most deadly antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
40% : His attorneys argue that he should not be given the death penalty because his motive was not to prevent worship, a key factor for the hate crime charges.
40% : "His crimes deserve the death penalty."
40% : The white supremacist who killed nine at a church in Charleston, S.C. was given the death penalty.
39% : The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, who died in prison Saturday, and Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner successfully avoided the death penalty.
39% : The rabbi of New Light and members of the Dor Hadash congregations penned letters to the Justice Department urging prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.
37% : Bowers was charged with 63 felonies, 22 of which may carry the death penalty, most being federal hate crime charges.
32% : In responding to Clarke's attempts to avoid execution, prosecutors have said that the death penalty is "specifically warranted here," due to Bowers's antisemitism and choice to commit the attack during a service.

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