Victims' families speak during the sentencing of the Buffalo supermarket shooter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : He originally pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, but according to his attorneys, the gunman was willing to plead guilty to the federal charges if prosecutors agreed to spare him the death penalty, CNN reported in December.
42% : The attorney general will decide at a later date on whether to seek the death penalty, according to the Justice Department.
39% : Brown has also called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, citing the number of mass shootings nationwide since May.
32% : New York does not have capital punishment, having formally abolished it in 2004.

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