A federal jury in New York City has found Sayfullo Saipov, 35, guilty of eight counts of murder for his 2017 attack on a Manhattan bike path. Saipov was found to have been motivated by allegiance to the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS. In a Tuesday hearing, the U.S. prosecutor urged the jury to sentence Saipov to death, arguing that the pain of his victims and his allegiance to ISIS warranted the “highest punishment.” On Halloween of 2017, Saipov drove a rented U-Haul truck into the bike path alongside the Hudson River, killing eight people and injuring 11 more. Saipov was arrested shortly after the attack and has been held in federal custody ever since. During the trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Saipov had declared his loyalty to ISIS prior to the attack and had been in contact with members of the group. Saipov was also found to have been in possession of a cellphone containing a video of ISIS fighters and a manifesto calling for violence against non-believers. The jury will now consider Saipov’s sentence. If they decide to sentence him to death, he would be the first person to receive the death penalty in the state of New York in over 50 years.