GUILTY NY - Several people hit by box truck in NYC; at least 8 killed, several injured, Oct 2017 *arrest*

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Why accused bike path terrorist is unlikely to face death penalty

October 30, 2018

"Here’s a real Halloween horror story: The ex-Uber driver accused of killing eight people in lower Manhattan last Oct. 31 — saying he “felt good about what he had done” for ISIS after the bloodbath — will probably never see death row.

Sayfullo Saipov, 30, is slated to go on trial next October — roughly two years after he allegedly used a Home Depot rental truck to mow down dozens of New Yorkers and tourists in the name of ISIS. The act of terror also injured 12....

The Department of Justice is seeking the death penalty for the Patterson, NJ, resident, who allegedly chose last Halloween the attack because he believed there would be more people out on the street for him to harm.

But even if prosecutors get the judge’s OK to pursue capital punishment, it’s unlikely he will be put to death, according to Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center.

It’s not for lack of trying. ...

Keeping Saipov alive might also prove to be the wiser choice, according to Harvard lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

Sentencing him to death will just “make him a martyr,” Dershowitz told The Post.

“He will be forgotten if sentenced to life.”"

https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/why-accused-bike-path-terrorist-is-unlikely-to-face-death-penalty/
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NYC Marks First Anniversary Of West Side Bike Path Attack

OCTOBER 31, 2018

"NEW YORK (WCBS 880/AP) -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O'Neill on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the truck attack on a lower Manhattan bicycle path that killed two Americans, a Belgian and five Argentine tourists.

De Blasio and O'Neill were joined by police and fire responders as a wreath of white roses was placed at the site of the attack on West and Chambers streets. A small group of family members and friends attended the ceremony along with the consuls general of Argentina and Belgium...."

NYC Marks First Anniversary Of West Side Bike Path Attack

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Closing arguments in failed NYC subway pipe bomb trial

 

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October Terror Threat Snapshot: Homegrown Terror Cases in 30 States

October 16, 2018

"...The snapshot report’s key points include federal prosecutors announcing that they will seek the death penalty for Sayfullo Saipov who is accused of plowing down people with his vehicle on a New York City bike path in October 2017. That attack killed eight people and injured 11 others and was the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. Saipov’s trial is scheduled to begin a year from now...."

Latest Terror Threat Snapshot: Homegrown Terror Cases in 30 States
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Lawyers seek to exclude evidence at NYC truck attack trial

December 14, 2018

"NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with killing eight people in a terrorist attack on a New York City bike path said in a court filing Friday that they had learned the FBI had intercepted his communications, though it was unclear when that surveillance began....

In a portion of their court filing attacking evidence in the case, Saipov's lawyers said it was clear that two FBI agents who questioned Saipov at a hospital the day after his arrest interrogated him "about matters and contacts that overlap with surreptitious FBI surveillance of Mr. Saipov's communications."

A portion of the court filing dealing with that surveillance was blacked out in the public version of the document and it was unclear when the surreptitious surveillance occurred.

The lawyers asked the court to throw out statements Saipov made to the agents, saying he was questioned while under the effect of powerful drugs as he recovered from gunshot wounds....

Saipov goes to trial next fall..."

Lawyers seek to exclude evidence at NYC truck attack trial
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Sayfullo Saipov trial for Hudson River bike path attack delayed so his family can testify in his defense – Boston Herald

 

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Lawyers for ‘bike path terrorist’ Sayfullo Saipov demand release of wiretapped calls

https://nypost.com/2019/08/12/lawye...o-saipov-demand-release-of-wire-tapped-calls/

Saipov’s trial is scheduled to kick off in April 2020.

 

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In SDNY Terrorism Detained Saipov Offered Video With Family If Foregoes Legal VTCs

 

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Jury selection begins in death penalty trial for West Side bike path terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov

Six foreign tourists and two New Yorkers were killed in the attack on Oct. 31, 2017.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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New York Terror Attack Defendant Faces Rare Federal Death-Penalty Trial

Federal prosecutors are seeking a death sentence in the trial of Sayfullo Saipov, charged with killing eight people in New York City.

www.wsj.com

Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek man who lived in New Jersey, is accused of intentionally driving a truck into a bicycle path in 2017 to run over cyclists and pedestrians. He was inspired by Islamic State to carry out the attack, prosecutors say. The presiding judge will begin questioning prospective jurors Tuesday.

Mr. Saipov has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers have argued that capital punishment violates his constitutional rights, saying the sentence is rarely sought in federal cases and is applied arbitrarily. The lawyers also appealed directly to Attorney General Merrick Garland to withdraw the death penalty from the case but were turned down, court filings show.

 

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Potential jurors questioned in NYC bike path attack trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge began questioning Tuesday a few of the hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago.

apnews.com

 

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Jury selection begins in bike path terrorism trial

Jury selection is now underway in the trial of a man accused of killing eight people on a New York City bike path on Halloween in 2017.

www.fox5ny.com

 

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Suspect in Bike Path Killing Faces First Death Penalty Trial Under Biden

Though President Biden campaigned against capital punishment, Attorney General Merrick Garland is charting his own course in pursuing the death penalty in the trial of Sayfullo Saipov.

www.nytimes.com

Mr. Saipov’s trial, in which jury selection lasted nearly three months, will focus first on the question of whether he is guilty; and if he is convicted, the same 12-member jury will decide whether he should be executed — typically in the federal system by lethal injection — or receive life imprisonment. A unanimous vote is required to impose the death penalty. The process could last until March, the lawyers have told Judge Vernon S. Broderick.

The jurors are likely to be presented with graphic evidence and testimony about the attack, in which Mr. Saipov said he was inspired by ISIS videos he had watched on his phone. The assault ended after he drove the truck into a school bus, jumped out and waved pellet and paintball guns while shouting “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God is great,” according to a federal complaint. Mr. Saipov was arrested after he was shot in the abdomen by a police officer.

 

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NYC Bike Path Suspect Proud of Attack That Killed 8, Prosecutors Say at Death Penalty Trial

A judge began questioning Tuesday a few of the hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago.

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

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Trial of Sayfullo Saipov, accused of killing 8 people in truck terror attack on NYC bike path, begins

The Halloween 2017 attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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'SO MUCH CRYING': Victims tell trial of New York City bike path attack

On Halloween day in 2017, Saipov drove a rented truck into people riding bikes along the Hudson River

torontosun.com

Jan 12 2023
The witnesses, some in tears, consumed most of the second day that evidence was presented in the trial of Sayfullo Saipov, 34, who could face the death penalty if he is convicted.''


She said the truck came within an inch of striking her. Afterward, she said she approached one of the bicyclists who was struck, an “older gentleman” who asked her to call his wife overseas with his phone.

But as she tried to do so, someone whispered to her: “Don’t make that call. His wife did not survive.”

The testimony from victims occurred a day after Saipov’s lawyer, David Patton, told jurors bluntly that his client is a killer. Patton said Saipov “murdered eight people” because he believed it was his religious obligation and he expected to die in the attack. Instead, a police officer shot him, and he was arrested and held in a federal jail until trial.''

 

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1/26/23

NEW YORK (AP) — An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path was convicted Thursday of 28 federal crimes and could face the death penalty.

NYC bike path killer convicted, could face the death penalty - NewsBreak

NEW YORK (AP) — An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path was convicted Thursday of 28 federal crimes and could face the death penalty. Jurors deliberated for about seven hours over two days...

www.newsbreakapp.com

 

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Man convicted in 2017 ISIS-inspired terror attack on Halloween that killed 8 in New York

Jurors will next decide whether Saipov should face the death penalty and were told to be prepared to return to court for the penalty phase February 6.

abc7chicago.com

Jurors will next decide whether Saipov should face the death penalty and were told to be prepared to return to court for the penalty phase February 6.

 

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Penalty Phase Scheduled to Begin in Federal Capital Trial of Sayfullo Saipov

“Saipov's trial and the DOJ's decision to seek death represents a broken promise by the Biden administration.” Miriam Krinsky, a former federal prosecutor and executive director of Fair and Just Prosecution, said, “It is my hope that the Biden administration will have the resolve not just to…

deathpenaltyinfo.org

 

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Terror Trial Could Yield Manhattan’s First Death Penalty in 60 Years

Sayfullo Saipov was convicted of fatally mowing down eight people in a 2017 bike-path rampage in New York. Will 12 jurors vote to execute him?

www.nytimes.com

On Monday, U.S. prosecutors will ask 12 people to authorize a punishment that hasn’t been levied on a Manhattan defendant since 1963: death.

Sayfullo Saipov, 35, was convicted last month of fatally mowing down eight people as he raced a truck down a West Side bike path in 2017. Now comes the phase of his trial that will determine his punishment: The U.S. government wants to end Mr. Saipov’s life with a lethal injection.