• An ISIS-inspired terrorist convicted of murdering 8 people in a 2017 truck attack is arguing that prosecutors are motivated by racism in seeking the death penalty for his sentencing.
• A jury convicted Sayfullo Saipov of all 28 counts after deliberating for only six hours.
• Saipov rented a truck from Home Depot in Passaic, New Jersey, and rammed bicyclists riding along a pedestrian path by the Hudson River. Eight people were killed and another 12 were injured in the attack.

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