Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, a white supremacist convicted of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.Continie Reading..
Gendron, already serving life in prison for state charges, drove over 200 miles to the largely Black East Side neighborhood for the attack.
The decision by President Biden's Justice Department marks the first authorization of a new pursuit of the death penalty.
Prosecutors cited substantial planning and a choice of location aimed at maximizing Black victims.
Victim relatives express mixed views, while Gendron's attorney calls for efforts against factors facilitating such crimes.
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