Divided jury means no death penalty for NYC bike path killer

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : While some U.S. states send prisoners to death row with regularity, that kind of outcome is extremely rare in New York, which no longer has capital punishment and last executed a prisoner in 1963.
42% : A split among jurors means there will be no death penalty for an Islamic extremist convicted of maniacally racing a truck along a popular New York City bike path, killing eight people and maiming others.
42% : U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland imposed a moratorium on executions for federal crimes in 2021, but he has allowed U.S. prosecutors to continue advocating for capital punishment in cases inherited from previous administrations.
40% : And in 2001a Manhattan federal jury rejected the death penalty for two men convicted in the deadly bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa after their lawyers argued against making the defendants into martyrs.
8% : A day after the attack, then-President Donald Trump tweeted that Saipov "SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!"Biden pledged during his campaign to work toward abolishing federal capital punishment, and no federal executions have taken place since he took office.

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