"U.S. Justice Department Seeks Death Penalty for Buffalo Supermarket Massacre Perpetrator"
The U.S. Justice Department has announced its intention to seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, the gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket in May 2022. This decision marks the first time the Biden administration has pursued the death penalty in a new case, despite the president's opposition to it. Gendron, who had already been sentenced to life in prison without parole on state charges, posted a hate-filled white supremacist manifesto online before the attack and has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and a single count of domestic terrorism motivated by hate.