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- Vincent Pinkney was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for murdering Davide Giri.
- Davide Giri, a 30-year-old Columbia Ph.D. student, was stabbed to death on Dec. 2, 2021 in Central Park.
- Pinkney was on parole for a Queens gang-assault conviction when he launched a 15-minute stabbing spree.
- He pleaded guilty July 10 to a second-degree murder count and two second-degree attempted murder counts.
- Pinkney apologized, saying schizophrenia contributed, while his lawyer described a psychotic episode.