LIFE IN PRISON FOR MOUSSAOUI

[kpete]

For Moussaoui Gets Life

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Federal jury sentences 9/11 co-conspirator Moussaoui

RAW STORY
Published: Wednesday May 3, 2006

A federal jury has decided that al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui will receive a sentence of life in prison for not telling investigators what he later claimed to have known about the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

After seven days of deliberation, the jury informed the court that it had come to its decision earlier this afternoon. The unexpectedly long duration of juror debate was read as an indicator that Moussaoui may have been spared death.

Earlier this month, jurors had found Moussaoui eligible for the death penalty after just 16 hours of deliberations. Eligibility had been largely considered the most difficult portion of the sentencing phase for prosecutors.

Moussaoui is the only person charged by the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The 37 year old French citizen became involved in Islamic terror groups whil attending school in London in the mid-1990s. In 1998, he attended a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. He has been linked to a Malaysia-based terror cell that aided two of the September 11 hijackers.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Federal_jury_sentences_911_coconspirator_Moussaoui_0503.html

Verdict reached in Moussaoui case
Wed May 3, 2006 3:41pm ET

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A U.S. jury has reached a verdict in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, who faces the death penalty for conspiracy in connection with the September 11 attacks, the court said on Wednesday.

"The jury in U.S. v. Moussaoui has sent a note to the judge indicating they have reached a verdict," the court said in a statement.

The verdict will be read at 4:30 p.m. EDT.

Moussaoui has pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy in the only case brought in the United States in connection with the deadly hijacked airliner attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-05-03T194058Z_01_WBT005280_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-MOUSSAOUI-VERDICT.xml&rpc=22

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Excellent result...

Martyrdom denied.

[slackmaster]

2. Excellent!

No death penalty, no martyr status.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Great minds think alike

:hi:

[Swede]

3. Good.

He was just hoping to become a martyr.

[NaturalHigh]

5. Good...

Now let him rot away a long and miserable life, deprived of being a martyr.

[lpbk2713]

6. Life without parole.

[rocktivity]

18. Isn't "life without parole" redundant?

Anyway, wonderful news--it's not as though the prosecution had a slam dunk of a case.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Bridget Burke]

36. No. Because Lifers can get parole in some states.

Texas, for example.

Reps have sponsored bills for a meaningful "Life Without Parole." Now, prosecuting attornies press for the Death Penalty, reminding juries that the worst killer COULD get paroled. Realistically, that possibility is quite remote.

Since juries might agree that certain guys should NOT be out on the street again, they tend to give the DP rather than Life.

The reason for Life Without Parole always being defated in the Leg? "It would reduce Capital Punishment."

[rocktivity]

38. I know you can get life with parole--I'm saying it's not really life.

"Life with parole" IS really life. Life with the possibly of parole after, say, 25 years should be called 25 years to life. So saying "life with/without parole" is imprecise, to say the least.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Bridget Burke]

40. But if Texas Prosecutors could offer "Live Without Parole"......

Fewer juries would recommend the death penalty. Which most of the Texas Legislature thinks would be a bad thing.

[stepnw1f]

7. Excellent

No more killing.

[wicket]

12. Exactly

The death penalty makes us all killers.

[uppityperson]

8. good nt

[Master Mahon]

9. Hopefully The BFEE will

be sharing the courtyard with him in the not too distant future.

It would make for a good reality show - 'Prison Break - BFEE'

[dave29]

10. Oh thank the virgins.

!

[bullimiami]

11. will this be seen as a loss for bushco? i wonder.

the problem for them is this can be revisited or new information can come out.
i think they are not happy about this but they will declare victory and put on a mask.

[jbnow]

29. Yes, they already noted

this was a real loss for the justice department. I'm sure they thought reliving the horrors of 9/11 would work.

I am so relieved. He should be locked up forever but even if I supported the death penalty this wasn't the case for it, not just because the gut is crazy. Part of it was the testimony of the prosecution FBI witness. One of them got tears in his eyes on cross examination talking about how they were stopped by superiors from doing the investigation they wanted to do and how that could have saved people.

It would be wrong to kill the crazy guy for not telling what he knew when it might have saved people while they promoted the FBI supervisor who stopped the investigation that would have saved lives, by the FBI's own testimony.

I could not have stood that. I am proud of this jury. Let this guy wither in jail.

[rocktivity]

39. DING DING DING! BeyondThePale, you're our grand prize winner!

...even if I supported the death penalty this wasn't the case for it...Part of it was the testimony of the prosecution FBI witness...One of them got tears in his eyes...talking about how they were stopped by superiors from doing the investigation they wanted to do and how that could have saved people...It would be wrong to kill the crazy guy for not telling what he knew when it might have saved people while they promoted the FBI supervisor who stopped the investigation...

In other words, the case was not exactly a slam dunk. And since we can no longer be confident that he was not tortured, we don't know how much of the crazy guy's craziness is the Bush monarchy's creation.

:headbang:
rocknation

[maveric]

13. Exucuting him would give him what he wants!

And make him the martyr he so wants to be remembered as.
Great sentence!

[slackmaster]

21. He should be kept in a cell with hogs

Or one lined with bacon.

[maveric]

30. And forced to watch the Paris Hilton sex tape over and over.

[longship]

14. A good decision.

No martyrdom for him.

[phusion]

15. great!

No death penalty...Good all around.

[Renew Deal]

16. Moussaoui is going to be pissed.

Fuck him!

[SeattleGirl]

17. I'm so glad to hear that.

No virgins for you, Moussaoui. However, perhaps someone in prison will make you their "bitch".

[pinto]

32. Nah. It means solitary 23 hours a day, one hour solo outside time.

[panader0]

19. bush knew too!!!!

[Mr.Green93]

20. He will be freed.

He will be traded for some yet to be kidnapped VIP.

[Mojambo]

22. I think you're confusing the TV show 24 with reality. n/t

[Disturbed]

23. Ah...I am glad about this.

He is mentally ill. The DP would have been a travesty.

[DemoTex]

34. Bu$h will pardon him.

MOUSSAOUI himself testified to that in court. He had a dream.
:sarcasm:

Seriously, thank goodness for the life sentence. Another dead martyr we do not need. I hope he spends all his days in prison.

[dzika]

24. There ARE reasonable Americans!

The jury stood up for sanity.

[tocqueville]

25. Right verdict after the circumstances...

had he been convicted in Europe, he had got 30 years (for the symbol) and got out after 15. That what he is worth...

[corporate_mike]

26. How many hostages will be taken worldwide demanding his release?

[BuyingThyme]

37. Yes, let's just kill more people. Death always leads to peace.

[Jacobin]

27. Now for the talking heads to freak out

Oh'Really

Flaming Nostrils of Justice

Joe Scarface.

[pinto]

28. That's one wise jury, imo. Good call.

just my two cents...

[Just Me]

31. I'm satisfied with that.

Now, if we would only END the death penalties being imposed upon innocent citizens in this world by those who wholly believe in militism.

[progmom]

33. I am very glad to hear this.

[BrklynLiberal]

35. No martyrdom for him. Excellent.