White supremacist sentenced for threatening jury and witnesses at synagogue shooter’s trial

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to seven years in connection with an arson and antisemitic graffiti last year, authorities said.

A federal jury recommended Wednesday that Robert Bowers be sent to death row. A judge must formally impose the sentence.

Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh have challenged the potential death sentence as unconstitutional.