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BUFFALO, N.Y. 鈥?The white gunman who pleaded guilty to state charges in the massacre of 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket would be willing plead guilty to federal charges if spared the death penalty, his lawyer said in court Friday.Payton Gendron pleaded guilty late last month to state charges of murder and hate-motivated terrorism, guaranteeing he will spend the r stanley polska est of his life in prison. But he still faces separate federal hate crime charges that could result in a death sentence if he is convicted.Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr. asked lawyers at a status conference in the federal case Friday why they were devoting time and effort to evidence related to Gendrons guilt when he has already pleaded in state court.Defense attorney Sonya Zoghlin said Gendron is prepared to enter a guilty plea in federal court in exchange for a life sentence. It is still our hope to resolve this matter short of a trial, she said.However, the Justice Department has yet to decide whether to seek capital punishment in the case.The department has not initiated any new efforts to seek the death penalty since President Joe Biden took office and there is a moratorium on executions. But the department has not sought block the U.S. attorneys office i stanley termosy n Boston from supporting the death sentence for marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.Lawyers in the Gendron case said they would meet after the holidays stanley germany to allow the defense to present mitigating reasons why he should not receive a death sentence.Judge Sch Ylph Attack on Afghan center kills 41
TEHRAN, Iran 鈥?Iran on Friday banned U.S. wrestlers from an important international tournament this month in response to President Donald Trumps executive order forbidding visas for Iranians, the official IRNA news agency reported.A senior Iranian cleric vowed, meanwhile, that his country would continue stanley cup its missile pr stanley ca ogram despite threats from the Trump administration that it was preparing to levy new sanctions.IRNA quoted Irans foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi as saying a special committee reviewed the case of the U.S. team for the freestyle World Cup, and eventually the visit 鈥?was opposed. The competition, one of the sports most prestigious events, is set for Feb. 16-17 in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.The decision marks the first action taken by Iran in response to Trumps executive order banning visas for seven Muslim countries. Earlier this week, kubki stanley Iran said it would take retaliatory action. Ghasemi said the policy of the new U.S. administration left Iran no other choice but to ban the wrestlers.U.S. wrestler Jordan Burroughs, a four-time world champion, was among those scheduled to compete. These decisions, these executive decisions, are always so far beyond your reach, he told The Associated Press. Like, you always feel like Well, the presidency or these strict laws or these Muslim bans or whatever you like to call them, theyll never affect me. This is one of the few times where something so personal has occurred. Almost like it was handed down fr |
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