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Megan Guza

‘Hold him accountable for the people who couldn’t testify’: Jurors start deliberating in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial after closing arguments

PITTSBURGH — The case in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial was handed to the jury Thursday afternoon.

The government presented its closing arguments in the morning, followed by the defense team for accused shooter Robert Bowers.

The jury of 12 men and women moved to deliberations around 2:30 p.m. Eastern time and left for the day around 5 p.m. Bowers faces 63 federal charges and the possibility of the death penalty in the Oct. 27, 2018 shooting in Squirrel Hill.

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