The Justice Department says it will seek the death penalty for the white gunman who killed 10 African Americans in 2022 at grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., in a racially motivated massacre.
In a new court filing submitted Friday, federal prosecutors say that the circumstances of the crimes “are such that, in the event of a conviction, a sentence of death is justified.” This marks the first time that the Justice Department under the Biden administration has sought the death penalty in a new case.
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