Posted on 06/14/2008 2:51:38 AM PDT by dawn53
Former University of South Florida engineering student Ahmed Mohamed agreed Friday to plead guilty to a federal charge of providing material support to terrorists.
For their part, prosecutors plan to drop six other charges against Mohamed, 26, when he is sentenced. Among the counts to be dropped are charges of illegally transporting explosive material, possessing an unregistered destructive device, and a student visa violation for possessing a firearm.
"This plea agreement was at the request of our client after a very long and agonizing decision by both him and his family, and it was his decision to resolve this matter though this plea. We have to respect that," said attorney Linda Moreno, who along with Lyann Goudie, was preparing to defend Mohamed against the charges at a trial starting July 7.
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Just split his skull with some hot lead...
WHY does the government keep making these deals with a breathing turds?
When do they get deported? Little arrogant Muslems like this have infested the crappy universities.
Since when did the US government start allowing criminals to decide what charges he will plead to and what do we care what he and his family decides?
This guy is a terrorist carrying out his missions and should not even be sucking air.
The History Channel recently had a program about Tamer the Lame (better known as Tamerlane) and how he treated those that opposed him. In one instance, he captured a city whose mayor had particularly offended him. He had molten silver poured into his nose, ears, mouth and finally his eyes.
THAT is how you treat people who want to kill you.
He proves muslins cannot be trusted. They would just as soon behead you as look at you.
A plea agreement is the equivalent of a conviction. Both parties agree to the recommended sentence (it’s still up to the judge, within constraints of the applicable statutes).
When it spares both sides the cost of a trial and reduces the risk to both sides, I fail to see the problem. Don’t people settle non-criminal disputes out of court in the United Kingdom? This is just the extension of that reasonable approach to criminal justice. Most criminal cases in the U.S. never get to trial.
This is one area where I for one, and many others in the UK simply do not understand the US Justice system.
Commie judges, lazy lawyers?
Trumped up charges with little evidence to prosecute?
We don’t understand it either.
But heck, criminal law is hardly my major :^)
This guy is a real piece of work. Here is an overview of his “student” activities. They were caught near a high security shipyard with a bunch of explosives in their trunk. This guy told the cops that it was only fireworks.
The lawyer sounds like this terrorist wannabe is an innocent who is only pleading guilty to spare his family.
I wish they would all get the hell out of my country.
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/426
“Commie judges, lazy lawyers?”
It’s the same the world over....
...only we don't mention Islam or Muslim in case we are charged with a hate crime.
Whatta farce.
gnip...
I don’t care how much money plea bargaining saves. This is not a stupid shoplifting case. This creep is an enemy combatant who has no hesitation about killing Americans.
You can’t get rid of a cockroach infestation unless you kill all of the roaches.
Any terrorist convicted in US court should be dumped in with the prison’s general population and their prison clothes should have “terrorist” on them.
Take his sorry butt to Gitmo and put ladies dirty panties on his head.
The horror, the horror.
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