NEW YORK—Sayfullo Saipov, the man convicted of killing eight people in an attack on a Manhattan bike path in 2017, was spared the death penalty on Monday after a federal jury deadlocked on whether he should be executed.
As a result, Saipov will be sentenced to life in prison without parole. A unanimous decision had been required under federal law for a death sentence, which prosecutors had sought.
Saipov is expected to be housed at Colorado’s Supermax facility, the most secure federal prison.
The 35-year-old Uzbek national had been convicted in January of murder with a goal of joining ISIS, a group the United States designates a “terrorist” organization. His jury was reconvened to consider Saipov’s punishment….