[veronica]

FYI.

[wideawake]

"the religion of Islam justifies the killing of innocent civilians"

Precisely.

[Puppage]

"You will be judged by Allah!"

I'm gunna be judged by the 7-11 night manager?

[laconic]

A judge with common sense; how odd. If I were the prison warden, Mr. Reid would be given a job stacking, then unstacking the same rocks all day, six days a week, for the rest of his miserable life. If he refused, he simply would not eat.

[veronica]

Bump.

[anobjectivist]

Why life sentence? why not just fry the guy

[DoctorMichael]

Why is this clown going to be housed at public expense for the rest of his life?

He should have gotten the death sentence!

[denydenydeny]

Defence lawyers said Reid credits his religion with saving him from a life of drug use and despair.

Saved from "despair" to commit a life-affirming suicide bombing.

They described a troubled childhood and young adulthood, when Reid was plagued by poverty, racism and crime.

And when in doubt, play the race card.

[Intimidator]

I'll bet he doesn't last long in prison. He needs to be put in with the general population.

[Grampa Dave]

Great news! I didn't know that we still had judges like this man. Does anyone know anything about Judge William Young?

U.S. District Judge William Young pointed to the American flag behind him and said: "You see that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly there long after this is long forgotten."

"We are not afraid of any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid," the judge said. "We are Americans. We have been through the fire before.

"You are not an enemy combatant — you are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war — you are a terrorist. To call you a soldier gives you far too much stature. You are a terrorist and we do not negotiate with terrorists. "We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice." ===========================================================

Way to go Judge William Young!

[oyez]

I got a better idea. Just let Mr Reid walk out of the court house after the an anouncement is made that goes someting like, " Hear yee! Mr Shoe Bomber Reid is leaving the court house at four PM, tomorrow. There is no kind of police escort arranged. He's just walking out the door in an orange jump suit. The public is invited to extend the utmost courtsey to Mr Reid."

[ChadGore]

This story got good play on the front page of USA Today. The judge is Reagan apointee

[Blood of Tyrants]

If I had been aboard that flight, he wouldn't have been in nearly so good shape when he got off.

[Travis McGee]

Defence lawyers said Reid credits his religion with saving him from a life of drug use and despair.

Look at the positive side: Mohammed saved him from his problems, and led him to attempt to kill 197 infidels!

[Newbomb Turk]

Why don't we just take him outside and put his shoes back on and fire em up.

[Dionysius]

I bet he could satisfy the $2 mil fine with an endorsement deal from Nike. They took on Dennis Rodman, didn't they?

[Just another Joe]

The 29-year-old British citizen cried, "You will be judged by Allah!" before being dragged from the courtroom in handcuffs.

And you, Mr Reid, have been judged by this court.
When you die, alone, in prison, from the knife of a different sort of criminal, THEN YOU will be judged by the Allmighty G*d.

[Bigg Red]

Go, Judge Williams!

[Brian Allen]

We are Americans and you and your ilk will do well to be very very very afraid indeed Herr Reid!

"Richard Reid?"

Nah.

Richard Cranium, more likely!

[Thanks v!]