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.

Elizabeth Williams via AP
In this courtroom sketch, defendant Sayfullo Saipov listens during closing statements in Manhattan federal court, January 24, 2023, at New York. Elizabeth Williams via AP

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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