NYC terror suspect offers to plead guilty to avoid death penalty, attorneys say

CNN ^ | 1/17/18 | Ellie Kaufman

[Libloather]

(CNN)The suspect in New York City's deadliest terror attack since 9/11 has offered to plead guilty in order to avoid the death penalty, according to a new court filing from the suspect's defense attorneys.

Sayfullo Saipov, 29, has been charged with killing eight people and injuring a dozen others after he drove a pickup truck down a bicycle path near the World Trade Center on October 31. Saipov faces a 22-count indictment, which includes murder and terror-related charges. He has pleaded not guilty. In the filing, Saipov's attorneys say that with the amount of discovery the government has already produced in the case and the procedural requirements associated with pursuing a death penalty charge, the case could stretch on for years.

[Libloather]

His attorneys write, "The most straightforward way to achieve closure would be for the government to accept a plea of guilty and a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole."

Or they can kill him. Would he still be considered a 'suspect' after that?

[butlerweave]

Don’t waste tax payer money , PULL THE SWITCH

[NorthMountain]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Libloather.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Life in jail. But that life can end with only a turn of the head by a guard. They will do a Jeffrey Dahmer on him.

[SunkenCiv]

Don’t jinx it! :^)

[Berosus]

New York still has a death penalty? I can’t remember the last time it was carried out.

[Enchante]

NO DEAL, fry the bastard !!!

[Enchante]

It is a federal terrorism case, not a NY case.

[Chode]

burn him...

[mewzilla]

We don’t even execute cop killers in NYS.

[Mastador1]

Kill the bastard, why waste taxpayers cash to allow him to live and potentially spread his vile hate while laughing at the families of his victims.