NEW YORK (AP) — Deliberations that began Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with killing eight people along a Manhattan bike path quickly hit a snag, as jurors sent the judge a note asking if he would face new criminal charges if they acquit him.
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Jury deliberations in NYC bike path killings hit early snag
Jurors in the trial of a man charged with killing eight people along a Manhattan bike path have asked a judge if he will face new charges if they acquit him
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In this courtroom sketch, Sayfullo Saipov, right, is seated next to his defense attorney, Federal Defender Sylvie Levine in federal court in New York, on Wednesday. Jan. 25, 2023.
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.
In this courtroom sketch, Judge Vernon Broderick, far left, reads instructions to the anonymous Sayfullo Saipov jury in federal court in New York on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023.
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the St. Charles County Department of Corrections in St. Charles, Mo., shows Sayfullo Saipov. Saipov, 34, is charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago. A jury is expected to begin hearing closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of the Islamic radical who killed eight people in a vehicle attack on a waterfront bicycle path in New York City in 2017. Saipov could get the death penalty if convicted.
In this courtroom sketch, assistant US Attorney Jason Richmond gives the government summations in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in New York, while holding up a knife that defendant Sayfullo Saipov possessed during his attack. Closing arguments were given in the trial where Saipov faces terrorism charges for killing eight people and seriously injuring a dozen others in an attack on a New York City bicycle path five years ago.
In this courtroom sketch, defendant Sayfullo Saipov listens during closing statements. as a US Marshal looks on from behind in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in New York.
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