Extremists Links: Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre Trial Enters Penalty Phase

The trial of the alleged shooter of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania entered the penalty phase, as jurors must decided eligiblity for the death penalty.

Signs hang on a fence surrounding the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Image: Gene J. Puskar / AP)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Far Right Extremists

• US lawyers in Tree of Life mass shooting weigh the death penalty [Al Jazeera]

• Defense: Synagogue gunman is too delusional to qualify for the death penalty [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

• Pittsburgh synagogue gunman was ‘blatantly psychotic’ and viewed himself as hero, psychologist testifies [CNN]

• The Texas shooter in a racist Walmart attack is going to prison. Here's what to know about the case [Associated Press]

• Patriot Front trials set for July [Coeur d'Alene Press]

• Hate unmasked: APR investigation reveals identity of Prattville Patriot Front leader [Alabama Political Reporter]

• Stabbing Spree in Gender Studies Class Investigated as Hate Crime [The Daily Beast]

• Austria Seizes Weapons Cache in Raids on Right-Wing Biker Gang [VOA]