Shooter in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting had "malice and hate" for Jewish people, prosecutors say

More than four years after the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history at a Pittsburgh synagogue, a federal trial that could lead to the suspect being sentenced to the death penalty got underway Tuesday with prosecutors saying he had "malice and hate" for Jewish people. Eleven worshippers were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue during the 2018 shooting.

During opening statements, an attorney for the suspect, Robert Bowers, didn't dispute that her client was behind the rampage, CBS News Pittsburgh reported. Attorney Judy Clarke told jurors she wouldn't have much to say as the prosecution laid out its case and that she would focus on her client's "motive and intent" in the next phase of the trial.

The 50-year-old suspect faces 63 counts in the attack, which claimed the lives of worshippers from three congregations who were sharing the building, Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life. Charges include 11 counts each of obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death and hate crimes resulting in death.