Justice Department seeking death penalty for Buffalo mass shooter Payton Gendron

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49% : At the same time, prosecutors filed a document with the court that said: "The United States of America, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3593(a), notifies the Court and Defendant PAYTON GENDRON that the United States believes the circumstances in Counts 11-20 of the Indictment, Dkt. 6, are such that, in the event of a conviction, a sentence of death is justified under 18 U.S.C. §§ 3591-98, and that the United States will seek the sentence of death for these offenses: Use and Discharge of a Firearm to Commit Murder During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and (j).
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44% : A 2021 moratorium he issued as attorney general on carrying out federal executions remains.

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