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Reactions after man found guilty in deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack

Robert Bowers was convicted Friday of storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find on a Sabbath morning.

By Associated Press and U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania

June 16, 2023

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People hug outside the United States Courthouse in Pittsburgh after Robert Bowers was found guilty, Friday, June 16, in Pittsburgh. Bowers, a truck driver who spewed hatred of Jews, was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue on the Jewish Sabbath and fatally shooting 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die.
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Stephen Cohen, left, co-president of Congregation New Light, gets a hug from Jeffrey Finkelstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, center, Stephen Cohen, left, co-president of Congregation New Light, gets a hug from Jeffrey Finkelstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, center, after Robert Bowers was found guilty, Friday, June 16, in Pittsburgh.
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Jeffrey Finkelstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, second from left, is interviewed after Robert Bowers was found guilty, Friday, June 16, in Pittsburgh.
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Ellen Surloff, vice president of Congregation Dor Hadash, talks with reporters after Robert Bowers was found guilty, Friday, June 16, in Pittsburgh.
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Ellen Surloff, left, vice president of Congregation Dor Hadash, and Jo Recht, president of Congregation Dor Hadash, are interviewed after Robert Bowers was found guilty, Friday, June 16, in Pittsburgh.
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Barbara Caplan, left, and Stephen Cohen, co-Presidents of the New Light congregation, react to the verdict handed down in the capital murder trial of Robert Bowers, who was found guilty, Friday, June 16, of all 63 charges related to the Oct. 28. 2018, killing of 11 worshipers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. It was the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S. history.
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A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018.
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A menorah is tested outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA VIA AP

In this combo image made from photos provided by the United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania are the victims of the Oct. 27, 2018, assault on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Top row, from left, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil Rosenthal, and David Rosenthal; bottom row, from left, Bernice Simon, Sylvan Simon, Dan Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger.

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