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(15 Feb 2023)
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Buffalo, New York – 15 February 2023
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1. Various of courtroom as camera pans and zooms-in to defendant Payton Gendron while Judge Susan Eagan begins sentencing statement, UPSOUND (English): “I would like to thank you all for being here. And to thank those of you who have shared your thoughts and feelings with the courts, either in writing or in open court here today. It is very meaningful to me, and I believe that it is important for the defendant and the world to hear what you have to say.”
2. Various of Gendron as Judge Susan Eagan reads sentence
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3. Close of Gendron as Judge Susan Eagan explains why she is denying youthful offender status, UPSOUND (English): “Under the remaining counts of the indictment to which you pled, the law permits me, based on your age, to consider granting you youthful offender status. The purpose of youthful offender status under the law is to prevent the stigmatization of young offenders based on hasty and thoughtless acts, and to provide them a fresh start and a renewed opportunity to be a law-abiding, productive member of society. However, given the manner in which you methodically planned, researched, conducted reconnaissance and executed your hateful crimes, a finding of youthful offender status is not appropriate. There was nothing hasty or thoughtless about your conduct. There are no mitigating factors to be considered. You will be sentenced as an adult on the remaining counts.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Judge Susan Eagan, Erie County Court:
“The harsh reality is that white supremacy has been an insidious cancer on our society and nation since its inception, and it undermines the notions of a meritocracy and the land of opportunity that we hold so dear. However, white supremacy is not inevitable or unstoppable. It has been carefully cultivated and nurtured by individuals and the government for centuries. This is the history that we have all inherited. It has been passed down from generation to generation. We must acknowledge that history. See that history for what it is. Recognize it and learn from it, or we are doomed to repeat it.”
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STORYLINE:
A white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was sentenced to life in prison without parole after listening to the relatives of his victims express the pain and rage caused by his racist attack.

Wednesday’s sentencing hearing for Payton Gendron was disrupted briefly when he was charged by a man in the audience, who was quickly restrained.

Gendron, whose hatred was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, cried during some of the testimony and apologized to victims in a brief statement. The judge imposed separate sentences of life without parole, one for each victim, to run concurrently. She also denied giving Gendron youthful offender status, which might have given him a chance to reenter society.

Gendron pleaded guilty to charges including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate. That last crime carried an automatic life sentence.

He still faces federal charges that could result in a death sentence if prosecutors choose to seek it.

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