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Pinkney was sentenced to 25 years to life for murdering Davide Giri.
Vincent Pinkney, 30, was sentenced Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Manhattan Supreme Court to 25 years to life after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2021 killing of Columbia University doctoral student Davide Giri and to two counts of attempted second-degree murder from the same stabbing spree.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A sentence after a guilty plea is the court’s judgment on the admitted counts. It is not a new accusation. Pinkney pleaded guilty July 10, 2026, to one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder in exchange for a promised 25-years-to-life term, and that promised sentence was imposed Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Davide Giri, 30, an Italian Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant at Columbia, was fatally stabbed Dec. 2, 2021, while returning from soccer practice near Morningside Park. Prosecutors said Pinkney, then on parole for a Queens gang-assault conviction, stabbed Giri and attacked others in a roughly 15-minute spree before a third intended victim flagged down police.
Giri’s father and sister traveled from Italy for Friday’s sentencing and addressed the court. Pinkney apologized in court; his Legal Aid attorneys said he was suffering a psychotic episode that night, while prosecutors disputed that framing and noted he left his apartment with a boning knife. Columbia later granted Giri a posthumous degree and created a memorial prize in his name.
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