"Anticipated Decision Looms for Buffalo Supermarket Gunman's Case"

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in a 2022 attack. Gendron, already serving life in prison for state charges, targeted the supermarket to maximize Black victims. The decision to pursue the death penalty was announced by the U.S. attorney for western New York, citing factors such as substantial planning and targeting a vulnerable victim. This marks the first time Attorney General Merrick Garland has authorized a new pursuit of the death penalty, despite the Justice Department's rarity in seeking federal death penalty cases under President Joe Biden's leadership.