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legal7 hours ago•3 min saved

Gendron’s Federal Death Penalty Trial Kicks Off as Defense Challenges Jury Composition

Jury selection began Tuesday for the federal trial of Payton Gendron, who faces the death penalty for the 2022 Tops Friendly Market shooting that killed 10 Black people. Gendron, already serving life in state prison, has pleaded not guilty to 27 federal charges. His defense team does not dispute his guilt but seeks to avoid execution, while prosecutors pursue capital punishment. The trial is expected to last six to eight weeks.

via Spectrum News|

#buffalo-tops-shooting #death-penalty #hate-crimes

us-crime-and-justice11 hours ago•214 min saved

Buffalo shooter Gendron files last-minute motion to dismiss indictment as jury selection begins

Jury selection begins Tuesday for the federal hate crimes trial of Payton Gendron, who faces the death penalty for the 2022 Buffalo supermarket shooting that killed 10 Black people. Gendron has already pleaded guilty to state murder charges and is serving life in prison. His defense team does not dispute his guilt but is seeking to avoid execution. Gendron filed a last-minute motion to dismiss the indictment, claiming the jury pool lacks sufficient Black representation. The trial is expected to last six to eight weeks.

via CNN|

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crime-and-justice2 years ago•2 min saved

"Justice Department Seeks Death Penalty for Buffalo Supermarket Shooter"

The Justice Department has announced its intention to pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, who killed 10 people in a racially motivated shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in May 2022. Gendron, motivated by a racist, far-right conspiracy, was previously sentenced to life in prison without parole on state charges. The federal prosecutors cited intentional killings and racism as reasons for seeking the death penalty. Gendron's lawyers had indicated he would consider pleading guilty if the death penalty was not pursued.

via ABC News|

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law3 years ago•3 min saved

Families of Buffalo shooting victims file wrongful death suits against social media giants.

The families of three victims of the 2022 mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store have filed a lawsuit against social media companies, including Meta, Snapchat, Discord, Reddit, 4chan, and YouTube, for allegedly radicalizing the teenage gunman, Payton Gendron. The lawsuit claims that Gendron was motivated to commit the crime by racist, anti-Semitic, and white supremacist propaganda fed to him by the social media companies whose products he used. The suit also names Amazon, which owns Twitch, the site Gendron used to livestream the massacre, and the gun dealer and body armor company he purchased from. Gendron was sentenced to life in prison without parole in February.

via New York Post |

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