布法罗超市枪击案联邦死刑审判启动，陪审团遴选在布法罗开庭
2022年5月14日在纽约州布法罗市杰斐逊大街Tops Friendly Markets超市枪杀10名黑人的凶手佩顿·根德隆，其联邦死刑案件10月13日（周二）在纽约西区联邦法院布法罗联邦法院进入陪审团遴选程序。陪审团将决定他是否应当被判处死刑。
根德隆于2022年11月在州法院认罪，承认10项一级谋杀罪、3项谋杀未遂罪和仇恨驱动的国内恐怖主义罪。2023年2月15日，伊利县法院判处他终身监禁（恐怖主义罪为自动终身监禁）外加每项谋杀罪终身监禁、三项谋杀未遂罪各25年，均连续执行。但联邦层面仍在追究其刑事责任，联邦政府指控这起屠杀是出于阻止黑人「取代白人、消灭白种人」的动机，并意图煽动他人效仿。
这是纽约州近年来最受关注的死刑案件之一。联邦检察官寻求死刑，而根德隆已在州法院认罪并服终身监禁，联邦审判的核心在于量刑：陪审团将听取控辩双方陈述后，决定是否对他适用死刑。庭审预计将持续数周。
信息来源：USA TODAY Network / PressConnects https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/public-safety/2026/10/12/buffalo-tops-shooting-death-penalty-trial-begins-for-conklin-man/92217567007/
Jury Selection Begins in Buffalo in Federal Death Penalty Trial of Tops Shooter Gendron
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Payton Gendron, who murdered 10 Black people at a Tops Friendly Markets store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo on May 14, 2022, enters the penalty phase of his federal case on Tuesday, Oct. 13, as jury selection begins in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York in Buffalo. The federal jury will decide whether he should be sentenced to death.
Gendron pleaded guilty in state court in November 2022 to 10 counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and a hate-motivated domestic terrorism charge. On Feb. 15, 2023, an Erie County judge sentenced him to life in prison — an automatic life term for the terrorism count — plus life on each murder count and 25 years on each attempted murder count, all consecutive. Federal prosecutors are still pursuing their case, alleging the massacre was motivated by a desire to prevent Black people from “replacing” white people and eliminating the white race, and to inspire similar attacks.
It is one of the most closely watched death penalty cases in New York in recent years. Federal prosecutors are seeking death; because Gendron is already serving life without parole in state prison, the federal trial centers on sentencing. The proceedings are expected to last several weeks.
Source: USA TODAY Network / Press & Sun-Bulletin
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