Justice Dept. Seeks Death Penalty for White Supremacist in Buffalo Massacre
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Federal prosecutors in western New York have decided to seek the death penalty against a white supremacist responsible for the massacre of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. Payton Gendron, 20, has already been serving a life sentence without parole after pleading guilty to state charges of murder and hate-motivated domestic terrorism in the 2022 attack. Despite New York’s lack of capital punishment, the Justice Department had the option to pursue …