After he realizes how absolutely incapable the American justice system is at doing the right thing or punishing those who plot mass murder and crimes of historic proportion.
Moussaoui Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea in Sept. 11 Attacks
Zacarias Moussaoui, who was sentenced to life in prison last week for conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks, sought permission today to withdraw his guilty plea and go to trial in an effort to prove he wasn’t part of the plot.
“I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors,” Moussaoui said in court papers filed in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. He said his claim during the trial that he was a member of the plot to crash planes into buildings on Sept. 11 was a “complete fabrication.” …
He said he was “extremely surprised” when the jury in Virginia didn’t sentence him to death and that he now realizes the jury system was “more complex than I assumed.”
No, Zach, that’s called “White Guilt,” and an American educational system that creates jurors who don’t understand the word “aggravating.” And yes, I’m sure it does give hope to the depraved everywhere. Even savages know injustice when they see it, especially when it benefits them.
UPDATE 5/9:
Surprise! Judge says no, but he still has another 10 days to appeal. You see, if we took savages like this and shot them behind the building, this circus would have already been over.
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Hold on a bit Moussaoui, it will take me a while to get my Stradivarius out of storage.
Say whatever else you want about it, but no matter the context or the skills of the attorneys, every jury trial involves an element of chance: who do you get on that panel, on that day? There’s a reason they say trials are won and lost in voir dire.
Tammy, I share your “classical liberal” half-conservatism and deep patriotic concern for America’s future. And I am often pro-death-penalty.
With that as background: I really don’t think you are seeing the Moussaoui verdict in the right context. Yes, he came here with intent to commit 9-11 and he allowed / encouraged others to do it. For that, he deserves life in prison. But at the end of the day: He didn’t actually commit 9-11! Nor did he mastermind it, nor give the orders. It is wrong to give someone the death penalty for something they DIDN’T do. Life imprisonment is the appropriate punishment here. The jury got it right.
I’m hoping someone comes along and pulls a Jack Ruby on this pigman.
“…he still has another 10 days to appeal.”
The Fourth Circuit give this schmuck that kind of break? Fortunately, I really doubt it.
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