"On a sacred Jewish holiday, the terrorist group Hamas unleashed pure evil on the people of Israel, slaughtering 1,400 Jews and taking hundreds more hostage," Joe Biden said.
Andrew Torba retweeted a post claiming that what the Bible calls “Jews” stopped existing in 70 AD.
Hardy Carroll Lloyd admitted to threatening witnesses and jurors in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting case.
I had that epiphany every reporter longs for, of a story bigger than the sum of its already major elements.
US attorney William Ihlenfeld emphasized that threatening or intimidating jury members or witnesses will be met with a strong response.
DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Pittsburgh’s heartbreak has sparked a transformation in the US Jewish community.
The sentencing hearing comes a day after a jury unanimously voted for the death penalty after finding Bowers guilty on 63 counts.
In the sentencing phase, prosecutors have argued that Bowers had the necessary intent and premeditation to qualify for the death penalty.
Under Jewish law, the death penalty is an option for some offenses but tradition holds that it was rarely if ever meted out.
Federal prosecutors charged Bowers with 63 counts, including 11 counts of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death.
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