Death Penalty Looms in a New York Courtroom
Jurors are set to bring in what could be New York’s first capital sentence since 1963.

The commencement of the penalty phase in the trial of a man convicted of killing eight people in a New York City bike lane rampage — Sayfullo Saipov, who was inspired by the Islamic State — surfaces the possibility that New York will see its first death sentence since 1963.
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