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Jury has verdict in Moussaoui case! UPDATE: Sentenced to Life in Prison

Posted on 05/03/2006 12:39:24 PM PDT by BladeLWS

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To: American Quilter
But the defense attorneys in this case shouldn't be celebrating their victory in keeping their client from the death penalty.

The are simply celebrating the end of the gravy train they've been on for the last few years. If the sentence had been death, they'd be on it for several more years with extensive appeals.

941 posted on 05/03/2006 2:54:34 PM PDT by connectthedots
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To: redgolum
Great job by the jury. They have just proved to our enemies that we do not have the will to win the war.

I agree.

942 posted on 05/03/2006 2:54:49 PM PDT by American Quilter
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To: VA40

Nor could I. Not the time nor the place but he was going to get his spin in.


943 posted on 05/03/2006 2:54:57 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
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To: iltc

I wasn't referring to your age, but the fact that you're 29 is somewhat surprising.


944 posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:06 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: iltc

I see you're endorsing life in prison for Moussaoui.

Did you know that he'll be in the same prison in Colorado as Ramzi Yousef, the first WTC bomber from 1993? And that Yousef has been directing activities and corresponding with jihadists from around the world?

Still think it's a good idea to keep Moussaoui around? If the answer is yes, you're clearly a ringer.


945 posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:07 PM PDT by Peach
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To: daybreakcoming
LOL Could Biden be right for once?

I must be on some serious sauce today, because I agree with Biden. Argh. I never thought I would live to see the day.

946 posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:43 PM PDT by MaestroLC
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To: thinking
well...this opens a real can of worms.....hostage taking in efforts to gain his release....suicidal attacks to pressure for his release....every 6 months we have to hear from him in efforts for a retrial....$35,000 per year bed and meals, for a least 30 yrs....what is the point of keeping him alive????

That's what I like when the anti-death penalty crowd gives an accounting of how much it costs to go through the appeals process for someone on death row.

It's not like the people in jail with life sentences don't appeal. And if you say "life without appeal", then what about "new evidence" that "proves innocence"? If someone in prison with a life sentence isn't going to benefit from DNA testing, etc, then why bother keeping him alive just to say you didn't kill an innocent man?

And for the count, we are looking at $100,000/year minimum at Supermax.

947 posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:46 PM PDT by weegee ("Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays")
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To: maxwellp

You think that prison was cheap to build?


948 posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:49 PM PDT by connectthedots
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To: redgolum

Yep... me too.


949 posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:55 PM PDT by AliVeritas (101st Glass Blowers)
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To: onyx
Yes, and I am going to watch a movie, NOW.

Yes, tonight would be a good night for a movie in which good triumphs over evil, and the bad guys end up dead.

950 posted on 05/03/2006 2:56:41 PM PDT by American Quilter
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To: MOgirl

No, he'll get Dahlmer'd. As much as we hate to consider it, some of those criminals are Americans too. Some of them lost family or friends on 9/11.

Unless they keep him in solitary, he won't make it a year. Someone will off him. And I doubt that there will be an exhaustive investigation into the incident.


951 posted on 05/03/2006 2:57:00 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

I missed Lemack's speecharoo. How do those women manage to get the stage?


952 posted on 05/03/2006 2:57:01 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
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To: iltc

"With the death penalty, if DNA evidence is later found proving the innocence of someone, or another person is linked to the crime through DNA, then you cannot reverse the execution."

All of the death row inmates who were supposedly exonerated through DNA evidence weren't executed. Even Barry Scheck has said this. If these inmates were sentenced to life instead of death, what's the big difference? They still lost several years of their freedom. It's also contradictory to argue that life imprisonment is more severe than the death penalty and then simultaneously claim that you're concerning about innocent people being executed. Would an innocent person dying of natural causes in prison while serving a life sentence make you any happier?


953 posted on 05/03/2006 2:57:07 PM PDT by Revenge of Sith
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To: iltc

Cute. Nice try, but I can't let you get off so easy. You made a comment and I responded to it. What I said was, "You are contradicting yourself all over the place! ROFL! You say that you oppose the death penalty but you also think that "ideally executions would take place within 1 year of the sentence". Do you even see what you're saying?

You are against death penalty because someone who is innocent MIGHT be executed. But on the other hand, you want them excuted within one year which would of course deny them the possibility of having their case reviewed or appealed. Amazing logic there, iltc. Me thinks you're a little one."

I'm sorry about that last part, perhaps you're not a little one, just terribly naive on the Moussaoui situation and death penalty, and prisons too.


954 posted on 05/03/2006 2:57:30 PM PDT by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Revenge of Sith

re: Let him out on parole and he wouldn't make it to the parking lot.

Yeah... and the person that did it (a great American for sure), would have CAIR, the ACLU and Lord knows who else screaming for their execution.


955 posted on 05/03/2006 2:58:48 PM PDT by AliVeritas (101st Glass Blowers)
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To: redgolum
Great job by the jury. They have just proved to our enemies that we do not have the will to win the war.

Agreed. Osama and the terrorists must be laughing their asses off. We're in more danger now.

956 posted on 05/03/2006 3:00:02 PM PDT by MaestroLC
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To: fhlh

I love your tag line.


957 posted on 05/03/2006 3:01:05 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: iltc
ROFL I am rolling on the floor laughing. If I was 29 months then I would be the smartest toddler ever.

Don't laugh, it might be an improvement. ;)

958 posted on 05/03/2006 3:01:10 PM PDT by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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Listening to Britt Hume and the verdict and getting mad all over again! Maybe I need to sign off now and go to the corner joint for a cold one!


959 posted on 05/03/2006 3:01:12 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I stuck around...)
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To: mystery-ak; All
Is it possible the judge tomorrow might negate the jury decision, and sentence Moussaoui to death anyway?
960 posted on 05/03/2006 3:01:16 PM PDT by Guenevere
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