Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty After Moratorium Lifted by Attorney General
WASHINGTON – After a moratorium on federal executions early in his tenure, Attorney General Merrick Garland has approved the pursuit of the death penalty for a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. This move signals a change of direction for an administration that had initially vowed to abolish the death penalty. The decision to seek capital punishment for the Buffalo case comes after President Joe Biden, who campaigned on a …