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A view of the Tree of Life synagogue, which housed three congregations, New Light, Dor Hadash and Tree of Life, photographed Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Squirrel Hill. (Alexandra Wimley/Union Progress)
January 8, 2025, 9:59 am
Disconnected politicians
Joe Biden granting a commutation to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter would have been an extreme miscarriage of justice.
By Marc A. Simon
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, July 24, 2024. He commutated the sentence of 37 death row inmates but not the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)
January 8, 2025, 9:56 am
Biden’s commutation message: Some lives are worth more than others
Our community is not monolithic on this issue.
By Marshall Dayan
Members of the media stand outside of the federal courthouse on Grant Street, Downtown, Monday, April 24, 2023, ahead of the start of the federal death penalty trial for the man accused of killing 11 worshippers from three congregations at the Tree of Life synagogue building in 2018. (Alexandra Wimley/Union Progress)
December 23, 2024, 11:00 am
Biden commutes death sentences of 37 federal prisoners
But not the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter
By David Rullo
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