Posted on 05/09/2006 6:03:48 AM PDT by aculeus
Facing transfer to the nation's toughest federal prison, Zacarias Moussaoui served up what may be his final legal surprise yesterday: The al-Qaeda conspirator said he was not involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror plot after all and wants a new trial to prove it.
His efforts were immediately rejected by a federal judge.
In a motion in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Moussaoui sought to withdraw his guilty plea and be granted a new trial "to prove my innocence of the Sept. 11 plot.'' The filing came four days after he was sentenced to life in prison, a punishment determined by a jury that heard Moussaoui testify during a seven-week sentencing trial that he had planned to fly a fifth hijacked airplane into the White House on Sept. 11.
Now, the French citizen says that testimony was "a complete fabrication.''
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"His chances are zilch,'' said Victoria Toensing, a Washington lawyer who was head of counter-terrorism for the Justice Department in the Reagan administration. She said Moussaoui fatally undermined his argument by writing that he was telling the truth when he pleaded guilty last year and said his attack was to come after Sept. 11. "He was telling the truth for the plea, so it's no issue,'' she said. "The plea is good.''
Even Moussaoui's attorneys acknowledged in a footnote yesterday that their motion could not be granted under federal rules, but they said they were filing it anyway "given their problematic relationship with Moussaoui."
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I guess he decided his 15 minutes of fame was not worth life in prison. He was hoping for the death peanalty and 72 virgins, instead all he got was life with his right hand.
What is it, day five?
They should plaster his cell with the smiling faces of all those who died on 9/11.
Let him contemplate his "victory" over the US. Check back in at regular (oh, say, yearly) intervals to see if he's changed his mind. And when he finally realizes that he didn't win, well, just go back to ignoring his whimpers...
Instead of 72 virgins, this POS gets 72 Bubbas and He gets to be the virgin! Not one to promote bad behavior, but.......HAVE AT 'ER, BOYS!
It would be fun to send him letters assuring him that Bush was going to free him, just to have him get his hopes up.
I guess he's heard what the supermas prison in Colorado is like.
Great Idea!!!!!
I'm sure Hillary will pardon him if she gets in the whitehouse.
From what I heard, it sounds like he is going to spend most of his time in solitude confinement with little contact with others. Either way, he is obviously having second thoughts.
Buggered Broadside by Bubba and 'da Boyz......
Even Moussaoui's attorneys acknowledged in a footnote yesterday that their motion could not be granted under federal rules, but they said they were filing it anyway "given their problematic relationship with Moussaoui."
Tranlation:
Please take him off our hands.
So it's come to, "Was he lying then, or is he lying now?"
How original, Zach.
All we need give Moussaoui now is a stout pair of shoelaces, and a little privacy in his cell.
Why make him happy?
So Mr Macho must have heard about the facility in Colorado. It has been described as a form of sensory deprivation. Worse than death.
This fellow reminds me of the line from The Shawshank Redemption that goes something like "everyone is innocent in here".
It seems reality started setting in and he realized he'll never see the outside world again. Poor guy.
The panic makes me more confident that the jury's decision was a good one.
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