Moussaoui Deserves Every Day Of It

[Pam]

Perfect punishment. No quick death or martyrdom for him. Now if he wants to rant about how much he hates America no one will have to (or even be able to) hear.

[smokey the elder]

The idea of that place gives me the chills. If there's a real-world Azkaban, that's it. I agree with the sentence; Moussaoi will become a non entity. I think all convicted terrorists of any flavor should have the same fate to rob them of the publicity "martyrdom" (execution) would provide.

[Lady's Human]

One idae brought up in a Niven novel was that people convicted of heinous crimes become non persons. Their names are legally changed to Idiot number 12345. Even if they do live, they never see their names in print again. While I have reservations about something like this, it would be fitting in some cases. Let him rot.

[joycenalex]

...how bout if "we the people" is painted on the inside walls of his cell. let him rot till the very molecules of his bones dissolve into dust...let it be so

[moosmom]

I can't say how I feel about this 6@$tard without rambling. I'm glad he got life in prison. He'd better walk with his back to the wall. MY hunch is he'll wind up like Jeffrey Dahlmer, dead anways.

[smokey the elder]

He will not ever have direct contact with another human being again.

[lizbud]

I think the reality of his life behind bars has finally dawned on him.


Moussaoui Recants; Confession 'Fabrication'

POSTED: 4:17 pm EDT May 8, 2006
UPDATED: 4:52 pm EDT May 8, 2006

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Convicted Sept. 11, 2001, conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is claiming he lied on the witness stand about being involved in the plot and wants to withdraw his guilty plea because he now believes he can get a fair trial.

In a motion filed Friday but released Monday, Moussaoui said he testified March 27 he was supposed to hijack a fifth plane on Sept. 11 and fly it into the White House "even though I knew that was a complete fabrication."

A federal court jury spared the 37-year-old Frenchman the death penalty last Wednesday. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema gave him six life sentences, to run as two consecutive life terms, in the federal supermax prison at Florence, Colo.

At sentencing, she told Moussaoui: "You do not have a right to appeal your convictions, as was explained to you when you plead guilty" in April 2005. "You waived that right."

She said he could appeal his sentence but added, "I believe it would be an act of futility."

Moussaoui's court-appointed lawyers told the court they filed the motion even though a federal rule "prohibits a defendant from withdrawing a guilty plea after imposition of sentence." They did so anyway because of their "problematic relationship with Moussaoui" and the fact that new lawyers have yet to be appointed to replace them.