The man who is accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in May has pleaded guilty to all state charges.
Gendron was indicted by a grand jury in June on 25 counts of murder, domestic terrorism, and other charges. The charges included 10 counts of first-degree murder, 10 counts of second-degree murder as a hate crime and a single count of domestic terrorism motivated by hate. He is facing a mandatory life sentence without parole on the latter charge.
Gendron also faces additional federal hate crimes charges based on the alleged racist motive in his attack. In the federal case, he is charged with 10 counts of hate crime resulting in death, 3 counts of hate crime involving bodily injury and attempt to kill, 10 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during a crime of violence, and 3 counts of use and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.
The federal hate crimes charges announcement in June came as Attorney General Merrick Garland visited and spoke to the families of the victims in Buffalo. “No one in this country should have to live in fear that they will go to work or shop at a grocery store and will be attacked by someone who hates them because of the color of their skin,” Garland said at a news conference, according to the His previous lengthy indictment included both first and second-degree murder charges as hate crimes, as well as three counts of attempted murder and single counts of gun and domestic terrorism charges.
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