Multimedia gallery: Pittsburgh synagogue shooter trial Day 37
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Peg Durachko talks during an interview after the trial for Robert Bowers.
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Michele Rosenthal, sister of Tree of Life shooting victims Cecil and David Rosenthal, speaks in front of family members of other victims during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
After hearing weeks of grueling, graphic and often heartbreaking testimony, a jury unanimously decided Wednesday that Robert Bowers should be put to death for killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue nearly five years ago.
The panel of seven women and five men deliberated about 10 hours over two days. Choosing the death penalty required a unanimous decision. Anything less than that would have defaulted to a sentence of life in prison.
A formal sentencing hearing will be held Thursday in front of U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville. The jury’s decision is binding on the judge.
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Michele Rosenthal (middle), sister of Tree of Life shooting victims Cecil and David Rosenthal, and family members of other victims, look on during a press conference.
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Debi Slavin, twin sister of Tree of Life shooting victim Richard Gottfried, and her husband Don Slavin embrace during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Survivor Andrea Wedner (middle), daughter of Tree of Life shooting victim Rose Mallinger, speaks on behalf of the Mallinger family during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Survivor Deane Root speaks during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center.
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Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers speaks during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill following a jury’s decision that Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers should be put to death.
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Rabbi Doris Dyen speaks during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers speaks as Peg Durachko, left, and her fiancé Ken Maleski, second left, listen during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Tree of Life shooting victims participate in a press conference at Jewish Community Center after the trial.
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers speaks during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Rabbi Doris Dyen speaks in a press conference at Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Debi Slavin, right, twin sister of Tree of Life shooting victim Richard Gottfried, talks her husband Don Slavin listens during press conference at Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers speaks during a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Tree of Life shooting victims participate in a press conference at Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Media representative cover Tree of Life shooting victims press conference at Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Rabbi Jeffrey Myers leaves after a press conference at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
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Jean Clickner and husband Jon Pushinsky, friends of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, kiss outside the federal courthouse after a jury decided that Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers should be put to death.
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Eric Olshan, U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, listens to comments as he reacts emotionally at the U.S. District Attorney’s office at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Pittsburgh.
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Colleen Francis (left), a defense team investigator, and Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers’ aunt Patricia Fine exit the federal courthouse after a jury decided that Bowers should be put to death.
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Dor Hadash president Jo Recht (left) and past president Ellen Surloff exit the federal courthouse.
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Jean Clickner, friend of Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, speaks to the media outside the federal courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh.
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