BREAKING: NYC bike path attacker to spend life in prison after jury fails to reach unanimous verdict on death penalty
WARNING GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Federal prosecutors have released footage showing the moment New York City truck attack driver Sayfullo Saipov was shot by police in 2017.six years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the death penalty Monday. on Oct. 31, 2017, was convicted in January of 28 counts, including murder and supporting a terrorist organization.
The jury, which was made up of nine men and three women, deliberated for nine hours over two days before informing the judge on Monday that they could not reach a unanimous decision in the penalty phase of Saipov's trial. His defense attorney, David Patton, argued that"meeting death with more death is not the answer," telling jurors that Saipov will be sentenced to one of the most"isolated, solitary" facilities in America in Florence, Colorado.
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