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>> the gunman is already serving a life sentence in his new york state case after pleading guilty last year to state terrorism and murder charges. at the federal level, he faces several hate crimes and firearms charges. the decision to pursue the federal death penalty is a reversal for president biden who as a candidate pledged to try to eliminate the dpeth penalty at the federal level. there's still a moratorium on executions. why is the justice department doing this now? >> even though he ran on abolishing the death penalty this is a mass shooting, someone who killed ten people, black people...