Man charged with killing eight people in New York attack willing to plead guilty to avoid death penalty

A man charged with killing eight people in a Halloween attack on a New York City bike path is willing to plead guilty if he is spared the death penalty, his lawyers have said.

The lawyers told US District Judge Vernon S. Broderick that the families of victims and the public can be spared a drawn-out legal process if Attorney General Jeff Sessions decides not to seek the death penalty for Sayfullo Saipov.