
Judge bars public from ISIS-linked NYC bike path killer's sentencing hearings
Fox News
A federal judge barred the public and press from sentencing hearings for convicted Islamic terrorist and mass murderer Sayfullo Saipov, who in 2017 killed eight people in New York City.
The public and the media were excluded from the courtroom on a day when Saipov's family members and numerous victims and family members of those who were killed were expected to attend the proceedings. Victims have attended the trial for weeks, providing emotional testimony about how their lives have changed.
Saipov last month was convicted of killing eight people on Oct. 31, 2017, by driving a rented truck over the bike path along the Hudson River at a high rate of speed. Afterward, prosecutors said, he asked to hang a flag for the Islamic State group in his hospital room while he recovered from a police officer shooting him.













