NY - 10 dead, 3 critical after mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, 14 May 2022 *Guilty*

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Teen Gets 11 Years for Neo-Nazi Videos That Inspired Racist Buffalo Mass Shooting

The U.K teen's hateful content was linked to two mass shootings in the U.S.

www.vice.com

 

[Kemug]

Good. BTW, at first glance I thought this was PG's sentence, and was appalled at its lightness. Although if the 11 years was for each victim I would be OK with that.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Buffalo pastor prays for a break from turmoil, as mass killer awaits sentencing

He frequently preaches forgiveness, yet pastor Darius Pridgen said it's taken him months to consider it for the Buffalo mass shooter.

abcnews.go.com

 

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Buffalo shooting victim's relative CHARGES at racist gunman

Gendron was sitting at the defense table listening to his victims' relatives give impassioned impact statements.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[JerseyGirl]

Buffalo grocery mass shooter gets life in prison during tense sentencing hearing for racist attack

Ten Black people were killed in the May 14 shooting at Tops Friendly Markets. The gunman said he carried out the attack “for the future of the White race,” according to a complaint.

www.nbcnews.com

The 19-year-old white gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo grocery last year was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole during an emotional hearing that was briefly interrupted after a man charged toward him.

 

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Justice Department intends to seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, who shot and killed ten black people at a Buffalo supermarket, according to a new court filing.

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[PrairieWind]

Justice Department intends to seek the death penalty for Payton Gendron, who shot and killed ten black people at a Buffalo supermarket, according to a new court filing.

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That seems so odd to me. The DOJ seeking a death sentence when the president (whom the AG agrees with) has vowed to end capital punishment.

 

[x_files]

That seems so odd to me. The DOJ seeking a death sentence when the president (whom the AG agrees with) has vowed to end capital punishment.

Better he remains in prison on Death Row vs to be considered for release.

 

[PrairieWind]

Better he remains in prison on Death Row vs to be considered for release.

Then just seek LWOP. Seeking a death sentence vastly increases the complexity of the prosecution and costs, all the time knowing you never will seek to actually carry it out. How is that not an abuse of process and or prosecutorial misconduct?

 

[SouthAussie]

Then just seek LWOP. Seeking a death sentence vastly increases the complexity of the prosecution and costs, all the time knowing you never will seek to actually carry it out. How is that not an abuse of process and or prosecutorial misconduct?

He already has LWOP on the state charges.

Merrick Garland is taking a mixed view on the death penalty (according to this NY Times article).
This is the first case that he has personally endorsed in his current term.

But the older death penalty cases he is not commuting seem to be the terror actions of people who mass murder. (eg: Robert Bowers, who murdered 11 worshipers in their Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018)

This Buffalo murderer is an avowed white supremist who, I think, committed an act of racially motivated terrorism and mass murder.

FWIW .. half of these victims families are okay with LWOP, the other half want the absolute maximum penalty.

U.S. to Seek Death for Man Who Killed 10 in Racist Supermarket Massacre

The decision to seek the execution of the man who carried out the slaughter in Buffalo is a first for the Biden administration. The president ran in open opposition to the death penalty.

www.nytimes.com

 

[x_files]

Then just seek LWOP. Seeking a death sentence vastly increases the complexity of the prosecution and costs, all the time knowing you never will seek to actually carry it out. How is that not an abuse of process and or prosecutorial misconduct?

Great question.