Shooter who killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, NY, says grand jury was too white
A white supremacist who shot and killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, asked a judge to dismiss his federal case because not enough Black and Hispanic people were on the grand jury that indicted him, a motion filed by his attorneys on Aug. 14 said.
Lawyers for Payton Gendron, the gunman who is serving 11 life sentences on state charges in connection with the 2022 massacre, said Black and Hispanic people are "systematically" underrepresented in the Southern District of New York's jury pools, violating the constitutional rights of defendants, the motion said.
In response, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Gendron's lawyers failed to prove there is a systematic underrepresentation in the jury pool and urged the judge to reject the motion. The judge has not filed a decision as of Aug. 15.
The back-and-forth comes as Gendron is expected to go on trial next year for federal hate crime charges that carry the possibility of the death penalty, which federal prosecutors vowed to pursue. New York state, where Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 state charges, including multiple counts of murder, abolished capital punishment in 2004.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/15/racist-buffalo-shooting-payton-gendron/85674941007/?tbref=hp
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