Buffalo supermarket gunman charged with federal hate crimes - The Daily Gazette

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : But the memo does not prohibit federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, a decision that ultimately will fall to Garland.
41% : Federal executions have been halted as the Justice Department conducts a review of its policies and procedures for capital punishment.
39% : Garland did not rule out seeking the death penalty, saying the department would follow its procedures for weighing whether to seek such a punishment and that the "families and the survivors will be consulted" in that process.
36% : The white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket was charged Wednesday with federal hate crimes and could face the death penalty if convicted.
31% : The case is likely to present a quandary for Garland, who has vowed to aggressively prioritize the prosecutions of civil rights cases but also instituted a moratorium on federal executions last year after an unprecedented run of capital punishment at the end of the Trump administration.
28% : President Joe Biden has said he opposes the death penalty and his team vowed that he would take action to stop its use while in office.

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