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United States v. Sayfullo Saipov
Status: Sayfullo Saipov: Sentenced, May 17, 2023
- District
- Southern District of New York
- Docket number
- 1:17-mj-08177
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- March 13, 2023
Primary Sources
- Sayfullo Saipov To Be Sentenced To Life In Prison For 2017 Truck Attack For ISIS, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, March 13, 2023
- Judge Imposes Eight Consecutive Life Sentences Plus 260 Years in Prison for ISIS-Inspired 2017 Murder of Eight Victims and Attempted Murder of 18 Others in NYC Truck Attack, Office of Public Affairs, May 17, 2023
- Judge Imposes Eight Consecutive Life Sentences Plus 260 Years In Prison For 2017 Murder Of Eight Victims And Attempted Murder Of 18 Others In NYC ISIS Truck Attack, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, May 17, 2023
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Sayfullo Saipov
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, May 17, 2023)
- From the DOJ release:
On March 13, 2023, the same jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Saipov should be sentenced to death, resulting in a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
- Age
- 34 (per DOJ release of March 13, 2023)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- carrying out a terrorist attack in the name of ISIS, including murder, assault, and providing material support to ISIS resulting in death
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- January 26, 2023
- Sentencing
- May 17, 2023
- Sentence
- eight consecutive life sentences, two concurrent life sentences, and a consecutive sentence of 260 years in prison, plus five years of supervised release (DOJ, May 17, 2023)
- Court docket
- 1:17-mj-08177. Closed November 21, 2017; last filing December 5, 2017 (CourtListener)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Sayfullo Saipov," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-saipov-2023/