| After
Saipov Guilty
on 28 Counts
Future Danger
To Be Argued
For Death
Penalty Phase
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 27 - Sayfullo Saipov after
being found guilty on 28
counts now faces a penalty
phase that may result in the
death penalty for killing
eight people with a van along
the West Side Highway.
On May 4,
2022 U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Vernon S. Broderick
held a conference on the case
and Inner City Press live
tweet it
here
and below.
On January
26, Saipov was
found guilty
on all counts,
after jury
questions
about whether
he did it to
join or
advance
himself in
ISIS or not.
That will be a major
issues, along
with any
mitigation, in
the penalty
phase to come.
After
the verdict,
Saipov's lead
counsel wrote
to Judge
Broderick: "We
write in
anticipation
of tomorrow’s
conference.
The defense
intends to
address with
the Court the
issues that
remain
outstanding
from its
omnibus
challenge to
the
government’s
penalty phase
evidence,
particularly
with respect
to the victim
impact and
future danger
aggravators." Inner
City Press
will stay on
the case.
The
trial: on January 6,
2023 after a
long jury
selection
that Inner
City Press
covered, some
below, Judge
Broderick
confirmed that
the trial
would start January
9. And
it did.
On
January 23,
the US put on
as witnesses
the medical
examiner and a
Bureau of
Prisons
official who
searched Saipov's
cell, thread here
On
January 24,
the US and
defense
presented
closing
arguments,
then Judge
Broderick
solicited more
submissions
for his jury
instruction. Thread here.
On January 25,
Judge
Broderick
heard argument on,
and then read
to the jury,
his legal
charge for
this first
stage. He
issued a 33
page order
largely denying
Saipov's
motions
regarding any
second phase,
but granted
one in part,
on Factors, specifically
the "Future
Dangerousness"
Non-statutory
Factor.
Of
this, Judge
Broderick
wrote that
"the parties
are directed
to meet and
confer about
how to proceed
on this
factor. Either
the government
will be
granted leave
to file an
amended notice
reflecting
the more
narrowly
tailored
version of the
Future
Dangerouness
factor a
slimited to
what Saipov
can do in
prison, or,
the parties
will inform me
that the
Future
Dangerousness
factor will be
retained and
propose a
limiting instruction
to the jury."
January
25 overtime thread
And on January 26
after more questions,
the 28 guilty
verdicts with
the penalty
phase to come.
Watch
this site
 Saipov in court courtesy of
Elizabeth Williams
The case
is US v.
Saipov,
17-cr-722
(Broderick)
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