Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers pleads not guilty

[Rhiannon12866]

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Source: Global News

The man charged with opening fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue and killing 11 worshippers pleaded not guilty on Thursday in federal court to all 44 counts against him, including hate crimes and firearms offences.

Robert Bowers, 46, an avowed anti-Semite, appeared defiant and determined in court. Dressed in a red jumpsuit and with a bandaged left arm, he walked into the courtroom with a swagger.

He spoke little, other than to say he understood the charges against him and that some of them could result in the death penalty, followed by entering a plea of “not guilty.”

Bowers was injured during a shootout with police during the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighbourhood in what is believed to be the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. He had appeared in court on Monday shackled to a wheelchair.

Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/4618935/pittsburgh-shooting-suspect-not-guilty-plea/

[iluvtennis]

1. You admit that you shot them because they were Jews, but you get to go to court and say not guilty..

This is a case where taxpayer money should not be spent for a trial. He already admitted he did it and he gave the cops his motive.

[onenote]

5. Sorry. This still is America, despite Trump. We still have rules of due process.

Despite what you seem to think.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. He has no leverage so

he must intend to try to justify his actions or inspire others. Guys like this are really screwed up in the head (obviously).

[Haggis for Breakfast]

2. Too bad he wasn't shackled to an electric chair.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Good for him. A lengthy public trial will keep national attention on the horrors that come with hate

[MrScorpio]

4. No remorse at all

[BeyondGeography]

6. Kills unarmed people in a temple

Swaggers.

What a man.

[TNNurse]

8. He admitted he did it but clearly thinks he did nothing wrong.

I feel badly for the public defenders who got his case. They will be forced to hear and be with him. I expect them to do their job and put up some kind of defense. This is America, he gets a fair trial.

It does not matter we know he did it, we have laws and we need to honor them.

[Omaha Steve]

9. Locking...duplicate

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