New York Jury Spares ISIS Terrorist of Death Penalty for Truck Attack

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Today a jury has declined to authorize the death penalty for Saipov, and accordingly the defendant will be subject to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
41% : Although a jury convicted him of all 28 counts in the indictment, they had to reach a separate unanimous verdict for federal authorities to impose the death penalty.
41% : Still, Saipov will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of release in lieu of the death penalty.
40% : However, New York has not carried out the death penalty for a federal case since 1953, when convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed.
39% : United States Attorney Damian Williams issued the following statement after the jury declined to impose the death penalty:On October 31, 2017, Sayfullo Saipov stole eight innocent lives - and devastated the lives of many more - in a horrendous terrorist attack.
38% : Convicted New York City truck attack terrorist Sayfullo Saipov will not face the death penalty after a New York federal jury on Monday failed to reach a unanimous verdict on the death sentence.
38% : During last week's closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle told the jury Saipov deserved the death penalty for his "unremorseful slaughter of innocent civilians," ABC News reported.
31% : Although New York outlawed capital punishment in 2004, the death penalty remains available in federal courts.

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