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Lawyers: Feds seek ‘eye for eye’ from NYC bike path killer

FILE - A paramedic looks at a body covered under a white sheet along a bike path, Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. Sayfullo Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday, Jan. 26 2023, and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) FILE - A group pauses, with some in prayer, at a makeshift memorial on a New York City bike path, on Nov. 4, 2017, that that honors victims of an attack who were stuck and killed by a rental truck driven by indicted suspect Sayfullo Saipov. Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) In this courtroom sketch, in federal court in New York, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, Courtroom Deputy Leyni Rodriguez, far left, polls the jury after she read the guilty verdict of Sayfullo Saipov. Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack, was convicted of federal crimes and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams) In this courtroom sketch, in federal court in New York, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, two unidentified members of the audience react as the verdict for Sayfullo Saipov is read. Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack was convicted of federal crimes, Thursday, Jan. 26 2023, and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams) In this courtroom sketch, in federal court in New York, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, Sayfullo Saipov, left, listens to the verdict in his trial. Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack was convicted of federal crimes, Thursday, Jan. 26 2023, and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams) News microphones standby as a federal court officer patrols outside federal court, where a jury found Sayfullo Saipov guilty of killing eight people in 2017 with a speeding truck on a popular New York City bike path, Thursday Jan. 26, 2023, in New York. Saipov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, could face the death penalty on federal charges, an extreme rarity in New York state which no longer has capital punishment. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) FILE - This undated file photo provided by the St. Charles County Department of Corrections in St. Charles, Mo., shows Sayfullo Saipov. Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, and could face the death penalty. (St. Charles County, Mo., Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP, File) FILE - A law enforcement officer walks by a crime scene Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, the day after a driver mowed down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center in New York. Sayfullo Saipov, an Islamic extremist who killed eight in a New York bike path attack was convicted of federal crimes on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, and could face the death penalty. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Lawyers: Feds seek ‘eye for eye’ from NYC bike path killer