President Trump’s executive order to expand the federal death penalty, reinstating it for crimes involving the murder of law enforcement officers and capital offenses committed by undocumented immigrants, has been criticized for its potential to exacerbate racial disparities in sentencing and execution.
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Prosecutors to seek death penalty for White supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarket
By Carolyn Thompson The Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Jan. 12 that they will seek the death penalty against a White supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. Payton Gendron, 20, is already serving a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole after he pleaded guilty […]