Lawyers for a man convicted of killing eight people along a Manhattan bike path in 2017 say prosecutors are seeking 'eye for eye' justice by using tearful testimony from victims and their families to convince a jury to order death.
In this courtroom sketch, in federal court in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, Sayfullo Saipov, is seated with his head down and eyes closed while Judge Vernon Broderick reads instructions to the jury. Lawyers for a man convicted of killing eight people along a Manhattan bike path say prosecutors are seeking "eye for an eye" justice by using tearful testimony from victims and their families to convince a jury to order death.
The request came late last week as the lawyers prepared to begin presenting evidence to support their arguments against the death penalty as early as Tuesday, when the trial resumes and prosecutors complete their presentation. If any juror votes against death, Saipov will serve a life prison sentence.
Saipov, 35, was convicted last month of killing eight people and seriously injuring about 18 others Oct. 31, 2017, when he raced his rented truck onto a bike path in lower Manhattan along the West Side Highway. Arrested at the scene, he said he was supporting the Islamic State group. They also made the unusual request of asking the judge to order that audio recordings of the court proceedings used solely by court stenographers to ensure transcripts are accurate and be preserved, presumably so an appeals court panel can hear the extent of the emotional testimony.
The defense lawyers also complained that prosecutors followed Naessens' testimony by playing recorded jail phone calls between Saipov and his children in what they described as an obvious attempt to invite jurors "to exact revenge on Mr. Saipov for the sake of Ms. Decadt's children." "Having wept and sobbed through most of her testimony, in visible fits of anger at times, Ms. Wyseur's presentation was a quintessential appeal to passion and emotion," they wrote.
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