Last week, a jury in Virginia concluded the case against Zaccharias Moussaoui, the 20th 9/11 hijacker, by sentencing him to life in prison without the possivbility of parole. This was after a lengthy deliberation which came after Moussaoui pled guilty. That plea came after 4 years of legal maneuvering surrounding Moussaoui. Now, less than a week after being sentenced, Moussaoui says “he didn’t mean to plead guilty“.
Moussaoui said in an affadavit “I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial” in the United States.
“Even with Americans as jurors,” he went on, “I can have the opportunity to prove that I did not have any knowledge of and was not a member of the plot to hijack planes and crash them into buildings on September 11, 2001.”
“I wish to withdraw my guilty plea and ask the court for a new trial to prove my innocence of the September 11 plot,” he said.
Right. Could it be because he doesn’t get to be a martyr now?
Update: Rejected!
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Ha. I read a descritption of the prison he’s going to be in, and were it not for the fact that close to 40k tax dollars are going to pay to keep him there every year, it actually sounds like something far worse than quick death.
Ha. I read a descritption of the prison he’s going to be in, and were it not for the fact that close to 40k tax dollars are going to pay to keep him there every year, it actually sounds like something far worse than quick death.
If Moussaoui has confessed to perjury then shouldn’t they also charge him with that crime to assure that he does not get out of prison on a technical error in the 9/11 trial?
That’s the logic being used to try the Washington Area sniper in Maryland as well as Virginia.
If Moussaoui has confessed to perjury then shouldn’t they also charge him with that crime to assure that he does not get out of prison on a technical error in the 9/11 trial?That’s the logic being used to try the Washington Area sniper in Maryland as well as Virginia.
That’s an interesting angle, Deutch. I found out last night (I guess I misunderstood the sentence) that he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences NOT life without parole. That sorta bothers me now.
That’s an interesting angle, Deutch. I found out last night (I guess I misunderstood the sentence) that he was sentenced to six consecutive life sentences NOT life without parole. That sorta bothers me now.
To give him the chair would make him a martyr. To keep him in prison would give him a chance to get out. It makes me feel better that he’s in a tight security hole in the wall.
To give him the chair would make him a martyr. To keep him in prison would give him a chance to get out. It makes me feel better that he’s in a tight security hole in the wall.
He may very well succumb to ‘prison justice’…
He may very well succumb to ‘prison justice’…