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May 03, 2006

Mixed emotions on 9/11 Verdict

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui should spend his life in prison instead of being executed for his role in the hijacked airliner attacks, a U.S. jury decided on Wednesday.
Moussaoui, the only person convicted in the United States in connection with the deadly attacks, will be sentenced on Thursday by a judge. Federal prosecutors had asked the jury to order Moussaoui sentenced to death for his crimes. Jurors deliberated about 41 hours before reaching the verdict.

I am pro-death penalty... But I have mixed emotions about this one. You kill this guy, he becomes a poster child for terrorist. Put him in jail for the rest of his life, and he has time to think... A LONG time, about what he did...

Don't allow him to publish any books, write letters or have any contact with the outside world. Based on his age and apparent health, he will probably live another 50 years, all of it behind bars, surrounded by people who hate him... (This guy would not last 5 minutes in the General Population...) So I suspect this is the perfect punishment for him.

Rusty has a powerful opposing point of view.

The Moderate Voice has a great roundup, as they usually do with issues like this.

and

Wizbang suggest he may use prison as a recruiting ground.

The general consensus leans towards, "He should have fried." Like I said, I am not against the Death Penalty, but in this case, I think locking him up and throwing away the key may be a better punishment.

Posted by David A at May 3, 2006 04:24 PM
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Based on his age and apparent health, he will probably live another 50 years...

At what cost?

$50k/yr?... 100k/yr?

Given the limited resources available to gov't, I can think of better things to spend that money on...

Posted by: Scott at May 3, 2006 08:10 PM

Scott, I am not dissagreeing with you my man. My thing is that I believe the punishment will be a lot harder on the asshole to be locked up with no opportunity to ever again see the light of day. Under the same circumstances, I would say shoot me and send me on my way to the 72 virgin orgy waiting for me.

Posted by: David Scott Anderson at May 3, 2006 10:23 PM