UPDATED: Jury selection begins over 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack
synagogue, where members of three Jewish congregations were holding Sabbath activities. The charges include 11 counts of obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death and 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death.
It was quiet outside the courthouse in downtown Pittsburgh for the start of the trial. U.S. District Judge Robert Colville began proceedings by thanking prospective jurors for their service, reciting a summary of the case and describing the phases of the trial. Bowers sat at the defense table with his attorneys and looked at documents as the judge spoke.
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