California to seek death penalty against alleged Poway synagogue shooter
The request comes even though California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last year placing a moratorium on executions.
John Earnest, accused of killing one and injuring three others while shooting up a synagogue in Poway, Calif., in April 2019, during his preliminary hearing on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Superior Court San Diego(photo credit: JOHN GIBBINS/SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/TNS)ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
