NYC bike path attacker is a 'proud terrorist' who deserves 'death,' prosecutors tell jury
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Federal prosecutors dueled with Sayfullo Saipov's defense attorneys on Tuesday over whether the convicted murderer should be sentenced to death.
The attorneys made their cases in closing arguments of the sentencing phase on Tuesday. The jury, which already convicted Saipov on 28 counts in January, is expected to begin deliberating on Wednesday. Sayfullo Saipov used a rental truck to kill 8 people on a Manhattan bike path in 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) Sayfullo Saipov is seen exiting the rented truck allegedly used in the attack and is carrying what appears to be two pistols, one in each hand. (US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York) New footage released by the U.S Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York shows Sayfullo Saipov, center, in the moments just before he was shot by police. (US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)
Saipov, a Uzbekistan citizen, admitted to FBI agents that he carried out the attack on behalf of ISIS on Oct. 31, 2017. He used a rental truck to speed down a bike path along the Hudson River, killing eight people and wounding nearly a dozen others.