Attorney General Merrick Garland Approves Capital Prosecution for Buffalo Mass Shooting Suspect
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a moratorium on federal executions and a commitment to abolish the death penalty from the current administration, Attorney General Merrick Garland recently approved seeking capital punishment for a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. This decision marks a significant shift in the Justice Department’s approach to the death penalty. Since taking office, Garland’s Justice Department has refrained from taking on new death penalty cases, reversing more …