Long-delayed Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial to kick off Monday, igniting pain, fear and hopes for closure - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : According to Pittsburgh's local CBS affiliate, her singular goal is to avoid the death penalty for her client.
45% : Some hope for the defendant to get the death penalty -- even though that will mean prolonging the legal ordeal -- while others have advocated against it.
45% : (In an illustration of the length of death penalty cases, his latest court proceeding happened in October, and he has not yet been executed.)
42% : The prosecution is seeking the death penalty -- a choice some relatives of victims are vocally supporting.
42% : Previously, leaders of two of the three congregations that suffered the attack had opposed the death penalty in this case.
40% : "The death penalty must apply to vindicate justice and to offer some measure of deterrence from horrific hate crimes happening again and again."
27% : He offered to plead guilty in 2019 in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table, but prosecutors, determined to pursue capital punishment for the crime, rejected the plea.

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