Jury selection begins in Buffalo shooting federal hate trial
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 08:32 · Archive
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the federal trial of Payton Gendron, who killed ten people in a 2022 Buffalo supermarket shooting and now faces potential execution.
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the federal hate crimes trial of Payton Gendron, who killed ten people at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo in 2022. The attack is believed to be the deadliest hate-motivated shooting targeting Black people by a lone gunman in the last century. Gendron faces over two dozen federal hate crime charges and more than a dozen firearms charges, with a potential death penalty.
Gendron has already been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to state murder charges in February 2023. During that trial he tearfully admitted to the crimes and renounced his past views. His defence team will not dispute his guilt in the federal trial; their sole objective is to spare him from execution. The federal public defender's office stated: 'Nothing will change the fact that Payton Gendron will die in prison.'
Wayne Jones, whose mother Celestine Chaney was killed in the shooting, plans to attend the trial. He said he would not want to see Gendron sentenced to death, preferring that he 'just sit and have to think about it year after year after year and just be miserable'.
How it is being reported
- Jury selection to begin in federal hate crimes trial over Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket shootingJury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial that could see the white supremacist who killed 10 people in a 2022 Buffalo supermarket get the death penalty.News4Jax · 13 Oct, 07:57
- Jury selection to begin in federal hate crimes trial over Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket shootingJury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial that could see the white supremacist who killed 10 people in a 2022 Buffalo supermarket get the death penalty.Clickorlando · 13 Oct, 07:57
In this story: Payton Gendron · Buffalo · Tops Friendly Market · Wayne Jones · Celestine Chaney
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