The attorney who represented high-profile defendants like the Boston Marathon bomber and the Unabomber will help lead the defense team for the Tree of Life synagogue shooting suspect, Channel 11's news exchange partners at TribLIVE reported.
San Diego attorney Judy Clarke, of the legal firm of Clarke Johnston Thorp & Rice, was assigned as a lead attorney for Robert Bowers, according to TribLIVE.
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Bowers is accused of killing 11 people and injuring six others in the Oct. 27 shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. He has pleaded not guilty to 44 federal charges.
Clarke was assigned to the case Dec. 27 by U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose in Pittsburgh, TribLIVE reported.
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