Welcome to Monday morning Murder in the News with Alyssa Carroll.

Good morning heathens and happy murder in the news Monday.

That is again on a Tuesday because Monday was a holiday for a lot of us.

Moving on.

We are gathered here today because the rest of the regular news is just hot scary garbage

and you know you'd rather be hearing me in my bullshit anyway.

So I collect news articles along with articles sent to me by you, my beloved's and others and

many of the articles today were actually sent to me so thank you so much.

Unlike my regular podcast that I write out in its entirety before I record,

this is unscripted and I don't read the articles past the headline

so that you and I can react together, so let's get into it.

Our first article comes from ABC News.go.com.

And the title reads Justice Department to pursue death penalty

against Buffalo Supermarket Shooter, Gendron.

I'll be read to Phil for that.

The Justice Department said Friday in a court filing, it will seek the death penalty for Payton the then

19 year old who killed 10 people in a racially motivated shooting at a tops

supermarket in Buffalo New York in May

2022. I... Why is racism even a thing?

Quote, United States believes the circumstances in counts 11 through 20 of the indictment are such

that in the event of a conviction, a sentence of death is justified. The filing said. Now lawyers for this kid previously

said he would consider pleading guilty to the federal charges if the death

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