PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - The Justice Department has decided to seek the death penalty against Robert Bowers.
The 46-year-old Bowers from Baldwin Borough has pleaded not guilty for the Tree of Life massacre that killed 11 last October.
The Post-Gazette reports federal prosecutors made the court filing today.
The leaders and members of two smaller congregations that met at Tree of Life had recently written the department of justice asking that the death penalty not be imposed.
Tree of Life leaders had no comment on the issue.
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