U.S. Justice Department authorizes death penalty for 1st time in Biden term, for Buffalo mass shooter
U.S. federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, they said in a court filing Friday.
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![Kaye Chapman-Johnson, sister of shooting victim Geraldine Talley, hugs high-school friend Sylvia McNeil outside the Tops Friendly Market during a remembrance event in honor of the victims of last year's racist attack at the supermarket, on Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y. Two women embrace outside, with a building in the background that says, 'Tops.'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7082064.1705079214!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/buffalo-supermarket-shooting.jpg)
U.S. federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, they said in a court filing Friday.