Jury to decide whether New York bike path killer should be executed

Sayfullo Saipov sits in court (Elizabeth Williams/AP)

Jurors began hearing evidence to help them decide whether an Islamic extremist who killed eight people on a New York City bike path should get a death sentence, an extraordinarily rare penalty in a state that has not had an execution in 60 years.

Sayfullo Saipov, 35, was convicted last month in the attack.