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Home Front: WoT
Verdict reached in Moussaoui case - LIFE!
2006-05-03
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.

It's life in prison without parole
Posted by:Steve

#35  If killing Moussouai made him a hero it would be insignificant. The Muslim world would not hate us for it or be roused to action any more than they are already. The message the Islamists will take away from the verdict is that Americans cannot even give a death sentence to someone who has admitted being complicit in the incineration of three thousand American men, women and children.
The message tells them that Bin Laden and Ahmedinijad and all their firebrands are right. The West is decadent and moribund, deserving nothing but conquest and death.
Posted by: Sgt. D.T.   2006-05-03 23:54  

#34  From what I've heard today: Honest-to-God life with no possibility of parole, solitary confinement in a 7x12 cell, 23 hrs / day in the cell - 1 hr solo for exercise, no TV, movies, newspaper, magazines, or books. The only thing he "gets" is a prayer service piped into his cell once per week and a shower twice per week.

If he's not already "crazy", he will be within a year - and he has about 30-40 years to look forward to.
Posted by: Whose Creretch1473   2006-05-03 23:52  

#33  I'd prefer he do the meat colonoscopy (as his position on earth requires) every day by a cellmate with big hands and feet, a hyper-active sexual drive, and a dominance gene
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-03 22:55  

#32  I give him six months before a shiv finds its way into his aorta.
Posted by: Jort Angairong4948   2006-05-03 22:51  

#31  From what I can gather, the most damning evidence/testimony showing Moussaoui met all the requirements for the death sentence in this case came from Moussaoui himself - and the jury (or at least a juror) just didn't trust him to be telling the truth.
The alternative is that they figure he's nuts and you shouldn't execute a crazy person. Unfortunately, that would exempt pretty much any Muslim from execution, wouldn't it?
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-05-03 22:41  

#30  They rationalize being a cause celebre as counting, though, because it brings attention to The Cause. After a little while in prison as described here, he won't be that anymore. If his psyche is as fragile as described during the trial, he likely won't be sane long either. It may not take an outside shank to do the deed, and real suicides go to Muslim Hell.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-05-03 22:17  

#29  OK City = death by needle - participating in 9/11 = life?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-03 22:09  

#28  BTW, for the Islamofacists, dying gloriously in battle is martyerdom. (suicide bombings count) Being captured, humiliated and executed by the infadel is not martyerdom.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-05-03 21:58  

#27  he can't fulfil his awesome dream, to be a martyr

Here we go again... and the Potamochoerus porcus porcus comes to rescue.

BTW, do you know that the pharmaceutical abbreviation: Pig. = pigmentum?
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-05-03 21:48  

#26  He's not gonna get a vacation, very few if any visitors, and extremely limited opportunities to see another human being.

Wingnut woman writing with offer to marry him in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ...

I, too, hope a shank finds its way home. Too bad he can't be stabbed in a most sensitive area some 3,000 times.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-05-03 21:47  

#25  About time...I was scared they'd give him death and make him into a hero. Life in prison is no picnic, and he can't fulfil his awesome dream, to be a martyr.

Put him in Florence, Colorado, with the other enemies. I plan on keeping an eye on this one, and celebrate the day that he gets admitted and processed and is safe and happy in his new home.
Posted by: gromky   2006-05-03 21:27  

#24  It is a BIG mistake to start putting ISLAMISTS in jail with our regular criminals for whom, Islam, is a pretty popular passtime anyway.
Posted by: jim#6   2006-05-03 21:21  

#23  Dude's a big target. He has been yelling "Kill me" loud enough that he will be obliged. Life in prison with no chance of survival.
Posted by: john   2006-05-03 21:15  

#22  As much as I personally would love for him to swing from the end of a rope, this actually might be a better verdict.

1) He's not a martyr. No virgins for him, and no fond remembrances by his comrades in al-Qaeda.

2) No chance of the "free Mumia" types making him a cause celebre. He's not going to attract the top-flight appeal lawyers to fight for his case, either, since life imprisonment just doesn't get them all hot and bothered like death penalty cases do.

3) No chance of any kind of Hollywood "true story" movie portraying him as the victim of the eeeevvvvilll US prosecutors, with some numbnut like Tim Robbins in the lead role or as a producer.

4) No book deals. Guys thrown into jail for life just don't rate juicy bestsellers.

5) Years of staring at the same four walls. He's not gonna get a vacation, very few if any visitors, and extremely limited opportunities to see another human being.

Don't be so sure he's going to get out in 25 years, either. He might end up with consecutive sentences instead of concurrent. If that's the case, he most likely will only leave in a pine box. (Hopefully liberally rubbed down with bacon grease.....)
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-05-03 21:04  

#21  we'll never hear from him again

Quite possible.

But the problem is we'll hear from others of his ilk and so, many innocent people--hostages--will die because of this inanity.

As for those that point out that he wanted to die a martyr... Simple solution: A lethal injection with an ample supply of pig's blood. In fact, it wouldn't be even necessary, just the rumors would do fine.
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-05-03 21:04  

#20  If they'd have fried his ass, it would've been fine with me. But he'll never get out and Supermax is like being on Mars from what I've read.
The best part of this? No more of his "brave jihadi" looney tune act. He's just a number in a 6X8 hole in Colorado. He's nobody. And, chances are, we'll never hear from him again.
Which, from his perspective, is probably the worst punishment of all...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-05-03 20:41  

#19  He was a wannabe. He didn't actually manage to do anything.

So IMO he got about the right verdict. I'm not at all sure he'll be out in 25 years, but if he is it will be in a very different world than the one he plotted in.
Posted by: lotp   2006-05-03 20:33  

#18  Not my idea of a verdict. But it will be the Supermax prison in Colorado. Twenty-three hours in cell. One hour of lone, supervised exercise. No chance of communication with other prisoners. Only contact with prison personnel. No idea of where one is located in the prison. A life-time of that. I hope that they do not even give him the direction that is Mekka.

"having him referred to as a "frenchman" all over the media was particulary enerving"

The perhaps the French government might take the step of stripping citizenship?
Posted by: Fordesque   2006-05-03 20:31  

#17  Since OJ juries in this country have tended toward stupid in hi-profile cases.
Posted by: 3dc   2006-05-03 18:58  

#16  I agree, the possibility he might get out after 25 yrs sucks, but let him rot in a cell 22 hrs a day. Let him become another Charlie. We all see how much influence Charlie has these days, none. If people do follow him, they will stick out like sore thumbs and we can monitor them. After say 24 1/2 years maybe someone can shank his French, Muslim, Morrocan, aw heck, wanna be, butt.
Posted by: desnc   2006-05-03 17:47  

#15  I hope his cellmate is a very lonely man. A very large and lonely man.
Posted by: Mike   2006-05-03 17:42  

#14  SLO Jim is correct.
He ain't ever getting out either folks. This is federal prison" here. He is going to a super max.
Posted by: SPoD   2006-05-03 17:41  

#13  With all due respect to the dissenters in this thread: he wanted the death penalty so he could fulfill his wet dream of martyrdumb. Why should we give him his fondest wish? (I say this being generally supportive of death for dirtballs.)
Posted by: SLO Jim   2006-05-03 17:35  

#12  Put him in the cell next to Pollard.
Posted by: Penguin   2006-05-03 17:29  

#11  Each and every one of those jurors should be made to sign an affidavit taking full moral and financial responsibility for anyone injured or killed or property damaged as a result of terrorist actions ment to secure his release.

See how liberal they really are.
Posted by: DanNY   2006-05-03 17:25  

#10  I meant the jurors....
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-03 17:21  

#9  Idiots
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-03 17:21  

#8  Interview with Diana Sawyer or NBC's Stone Philips coming soon. He'll become the Al-Qaeda version of Charles Manson, a cult-like hero for the hate-America crowd unless an honorable inmate, armed with a shank, does us all a favor.
Posted by: Giulio Gavotti   2006-05-03 17:07  

#7  giver him nuthin but pron on him teeveee
Posted by: muck4doo   2006-05-03 16:56  

#6  First off one life sentence ONE did they explain a life sentence is really 25yrs this f*cker is only 30something so he is going to get out still alive ERRRRRRRRRRR

WTF happened to this Nation our enemies are laughing at our WEAKNESS utter WEAKNESS.

WTF happened to this nation a nation that once had 12 US citizens of German decent that were smuggled back into the states to commit sabotage but were captured. These men were trailed in short order and HUNG with presidential OK in NEW YORK city yes NEW YORK. These saboteurs didnÂ’t even accomplish their mission or do one act at all. These saboteurs were full-fledged US citizens these saboteurs were treated as the enemies they were they were HUNG.

WTF happened to this nation how could we fall so far in just ONE generation. Goddam the peace-love-&-happiness generation Goddam them the destroyers of the once greatest nation on earth Goddam them.


Absolutley PITIFULL. And we wonder why the voulchers are circling.
Posted by: C-Low   2006-05-03 16:52  

#5  I might add having him referred to as a "frenchman" all over the media was particulary enerving; like many of his compadres, he's an arab living in France who happens to have french ID, but who still thinks of himself as moroccan, algerian, tunisian,... or as "Muslim"(tm) in this case.

An national identity anomoly not unique to France if you watched the news in the US on Monday.

I concur with life. As I believe the IDF said about bumping off old Arafat, "the last thing we need is another arabee Mesiah figure."
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-05-03 16:45  

#4  I'm not surprised. A quick verdict would have been for the death penalty. Keep him in solitary, is all I ask.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-05-03 16:43  

#3  No virgins for this dude...
Posted by: Slunter Ulaith8974   2006-05-03 16:43  

#2  Sad thing is, even if he's charged with the death penalty, that rabid dog will spent 10 more years wrestling with the system and in fact waging his own personal mind games jihad, like at that trial, before being put down.
In some way, I'd prefer him to waste away the rest of his natural life getting fatter and more depressive each day (just like me), confined in his cell 22 hours a day in a max security jail.

I might add having him referred to as a "frenchman" all over the media was particulary enerving; like many of his compadres, he's an arab living in France who happens to have french ID, but who still thinks of himself as moroccan, algerian, tunisian,... or as "Muslim"(tm) in this case.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-03 16:32  

#1  Excellent bird, whahahahahaaaaaa.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-05-03 16:14  

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