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New York (AFP) - An Uzbek man who killed eight people in a truck attack in New York six years ago will spend the rest of his life in jail after jurors were unable to agree on the death penalty Monday. Prosecutors had argued for capital punishment for Sayfullo Saipov, who was convicted in January of several murder and terrorism charges over the attack on October 31, 2017. But Saipov received a life term without the possibility of parole after the jury in Manhattan federal court failed to unanimously agree on the death sentence. Saipov, now 35, drove a rented pickup truck down a Manhattan bike p...
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New York (AFP) - US prosecutors argued Monday that an Uzbek man who killed eight people in New York six years ago should be executed, despite President Joe Biden's opposition to the death penalty. The sentencing trial of Sayfullo Saipov is the first federal prosecution during Biden's tenure in which the Justice Department (DoJ) is seeking capital punishment. Although the Biden administration declared a moratorium on all federal executions, if Saipov receives the sentence he could be put to death, either under a future president or if the moratorium is lifted. The same 12 jurors who last month ...
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New York (AFP) - President Joe Biden promised to abolish capital punishment for federal crimes, but the US government is due to argue, beginning Monday, that an Uzbek man should get the death penalty for killing eight people in New York half a decade ago. The same 12 jurors who last month convicted Sayfullo Saipov of several murder and terrorism charges will decide whether he should be jailed for life or sentenced to death. Although the Biden administration declared a moratorium on all federal executions, if Saipov receives the sentence he could be put to death, either under a future president...
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New York (AFP) - A US Army soldier was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly trying to help Islamic State fighters attack American troops and targets in New York, including the 9/11 Memorial. Cole James Bridges -- who is 20 and from the state of Ohio -- faces federal terrorism charges, United States prosecutors said in a statement. Bridges -- a private based at Fort Stewart, Georgia -- began researching jihadist ideology and expressing support for the Islamic State on social media shortly after joining the army in September 2019, prosecutors say. In October 2020, they claim that he started communi...
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