The Justice Department won't decide until 2023 whether to seek the death penalty for Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron. Gendron's lawyer reiterated today that he's willing to plead guilty to the federal charges in exchange for a life sentence.
, but Gendron's lawyer reiterated Friday that he's willing to plead guilty to the federal charges in exchange for a life sentence., pleaded guilty last month to state charges including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate. He carried out the attack "because of the perceived race and/or color" of the victims, according to the indictment by the Erie County district attorney.
"It is still our hope to resolve this matter short of a trial," defense attorney Sonya Zoghlin said during a hearing Friday. "He is prepared to enter a plea of guilty in federal court in exchange for a life sentence."In the meantime, Zoghlin asked the judge for extra time to review the "voluminous" discovery material turned over by the government.
Schroeder agreed to give the defense until March 10, 2023, to review discovery and, simultaneously, negotiate with federal prosecutors over a possible plea agreement. "The defendant has entered a plea of guilty to similar but unrelated charges in state of New York proceedings," Schroeder said. "So it seems to me the issue of guilt or innocence on the federal charges is basically moot by reason of the defendant's own admissions in the state court."
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