The federal government has largely avoided pursuing the death penalty under President Biden.
A memorial at the Walmart where a gunman opened fire on shoppers on Aug. 4, 2019, in El Paso. Federal prosecutors wont pursue the death penalty against the alleged gunman, who could still face a death sentence in a separate state case., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The Justice Department has not sought the death penalty in a new case since Attorney General Merrick Garland took office in 2021.
Although the Justice Department hasn’t sought the death penalty since Biden and Garland took office, a decision late last year suggested that the Justice DepartmentThat case involves a 2017 attack in which Sayfullo Saipov killed eight people and injured more than a dozen by plowing a rented pickup truck into a crowded New York City bike path.
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