Federal Death Penalty Trial Set for Alleged NYC Truck Terrorist
The trial of Sayfullo Saipov, accused of driving a truck into a crowd of cyclists and pedestrians in 2017, killing eight, will be the first since U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has put a moratorium on federal executions.
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The first death penalty trial during President Joe Biden’s tenure has been set, despite U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland having put a moratorium on federal executions, James Fanelli and Corinne Ramey report in the Wall Street Journal.
Sayfullo Saipov, if convicted by a jury and given the death penalty, would not be executed while the moratorium is in place. No one has been sentenced to death in the federal district that includes Manhattan in the past 50 years. Prosecutors say Saipov, who lives in New Jersey, was inspired by the Islamic State to drive a truck into a bicycle path in 2017, killing eight and injuring several others.
