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by Tamar Auber | Oct 27th, 2018, 5:42 pm
On Saturday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the suspect in todays horrific synagogue shooting will face hate crime charges including charges that could lead to the death penalty.
Police arrested Robert Bowers, 46, at the scene. Bowers reportedly shouted All Jews Must Die after walking into the building on Shabbat morning and was angered by the talk of the migrant caravan.
Responding to the crime, Sessions said this in the statement:
Bowers was hospitalized after the attack. It is unclear when he will be formally charged.
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https://www.mediaite.com/politics/jeff-sessions-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-will-face-hate-crime-charges/
BigmanPigman
(51,610 posts)RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)Exactly what one would expect from the AG, which just makes Trump look even worse in comparison.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)padah513
(2,503 posts)The shooter's lawyers already have a built-in defense against the death penalty thanks to 45. It won't excuse him from any charges though. Lock him up, throw away the key, end of discussion.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)Sure-spend the extra millions of dollars and two decades to kill this guy. Meanwhile I and many similarly aged friends (65) will be dead and gone before him because of the piss-poor 3rd world health system you are delivering. But don't mind me-you know how we snowflakes love to whine...