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Saipov was convicted last month of murder in aid of racketeering for providing material support to ISIS.
The jurors in the Sayfullo Saipov trial heard from relatives of the victims and survivors. The defense began presenting its case in the trial’s punishment phase on Wednesday.
Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people after driving a truck down a busy New York City bike path, faces death penalty.
His attorneys say he offered to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty, but that was rejected.
A woman who lost her legs and a woman whose sister died when they were struck by a truck on the New York City bicycle path five years ago in a terrorist attack have testified at the trial of a man whose lawyers concede he carried out the destruction