Pittsburgh synagogue attack trial: judge refuses to rule out death penalty

Jury selection proceeds in federal trial of Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018

The man charged in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history has lost another bid to get the death penalty removed as a possible punishment.

Jury selection is under way in the federal trial of Robert Bowers, who is charged with 63 criminal counts in the killings of 11 people on 27 October 2018 at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, where three congregations gathered.