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Biden vowed to end federal executions, but his top lawman is pursuing the ultimate penalty in the case of a Uzbekistan national who allegedly ran over cyclists and pedestrians on a bike path near Manhattan’s West Side Highway on Halloween five years ago. The federal trial begins Monday.
“Clearly, he is following laws Congress passed by recognizing at least that the death penalty should be sought in some cases, regardless of President Biden’s contrary views,” Michael Mukasey, who served as attorney general under President George W. Bush, told The New York Times. “I think this is a principled decision and very much the right thing to do.”
Federal prosecutors say the defendant, who allegedly steered a rented truck onto the crowded bike path before crashing into a school bus, all while yelling “Allahu Akbar,” planned the attack and has shown no remorse since being arrested. They claim he was radicalized by watching ISIS videos.
The dead included six tourists, a computer…
