WaPo: Moussaoui vote was 11-1 for death
posted at 10:11 pm on May 11, 2006 by Allahpundit
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And the holdout refused to deliberate or give them a reason. Quoth the foreman:
“I felt frustrated,” she said, “because I felt that many of us had been cheated by the anonymity of the ‘no’ voter. We will never know their reason. We will never be able to hold their reason up to the light and the scrutiny of evidence, fact, and law.”…
“We don’t know whether we covered all of the cons in the deliberations,” she said. “Our sense was this was a done deal for that person and whoever that person is, they were consistent from the first day and their point of view didn’t change.”
WaPo interviewed another juror last week who told them he had voted for life because of Moussaoui’s limited role in the plot. As it turns out, he was the lone dissenter. WaPo called him again tonight to follow up, and…
the … juror said that he is “happy someone else came forward” and that the 12 jurors “differed in the way we interpreted the things we saw and heard.” He declined to discuss the deliberations further.
Stand by for a tedious blog/media wankfest about the majesty of a justice system where one resolute imbecile can spare a mass murderer’s life.
But hey — at least we denied him martyrdom.
Update: Krauthammer says he would have spared Moussaoui too — but for the reason the jury did.
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Yeah. Once in awhile I can take some grim cold comfort in that the natural human instinct inclines towards justice. Thwarted nonetheless! As terrible as 60 years of solitary confinement surely must be, that POS deserves to die. I hate that our legal system is more concerned with the rights of killers than the rights of victims. Put that trash out of our misery. How many millions of dollars will it take to keep that animal alive?
WHY?!!!!!!! Someone…Anyone… Please! Give me one rational reason WHY we have to pay for this $#!*!!!!!
ecamorg on May 12, 2006 at 12:46 AM
So, without revenge, there can be no justice? Come on, now. It’s only natural to want revenge, but trying to present the desire for revenge as a quest for justice is dishonest.
In other words, kill him because it will make us feel better.
Mark Jaquith on May 12, 2006 at 1:24 AM
I would’ve preferred a death sentence myself, but as long as he’s held in a place where he cannot avail himself of media services, that’s some consolation.
Unfortunately, some Democrat president in the future will probably commute this scumbag’s sentence.
jaleach on May 12, 2006 at 2:03 AM
No. Kill him for his crimes.
ecamorg on May 12, 2006 at 2:34 AM
Zach deserves the death penalty because he was part of that conspriacy to kill all of us. But now he will in fact rot inside one of our Supermax prisons and in 25, 35, or 45-years someone will express sympathy for the old bastard and push to set him free to kill any of us he meets!
It might be said that Zach’s sentence is justice for us for being too kind hearted!
DougW on May 12, 2006 at 5:53 AM
He deserves to die NOW, no doubt.
But, to fuel jihad by martyrdom would be counterproductive.
I’ll just relish the thought of him rotting in prison until the day he finds out that there are no more virgins, and the promises of the radical islam, the koran, and allah were the teachings of hate and conflict, not peace and global tranquility.
Billy the Kid on May 12, 2006 at 6:04 AM
Look at it this way: ADX Florence is Hell’s waiting room. Zack is already dead, he just doesn’t know it yet. But he is learning what it’s like to be buried.
Pablo on May 12, 2006 at 6:12 AM
Zach certainly deserves to have received the death penalty. But, then look at it this way. we deserve the justice system we provide. So, in about 25 to 45-years some poor soul will protest that poor old Zach has suffered enough and lobby to release Zach so he can live out his life a free man.
Well, that will simply allow good Ol Zach another opportunity to kill Yankees, Southern ones too if at all possible! In that event, we will have in fact gotten what we deserve!
DougW on May 12, 2006 at 6:51 AM
I have no problem with this verdict except that my greatest fear is that on January 21, 2017 the following will appear at the bottom of page 39 of the English language edition of the NY Times:
“Yesterday, moments before the inauguration ceremony for Presidant-elect Malkin, outgoing President Clinton signed an Executive order granting a pardon to one Zacharias Moussaoui, who some might remember as being, in some way, implicated in 9/11….”
right ascension on May 12, 2006 at 11:05 AM
Today is the beginning of the rest of his pathetic life at SuperMax prison.
I hope his meals consist of ham, bacon and chitlins.
And I want him facing Mecca when he sits down on the crapper.
doingwhatican on May 13, 2006 at 7:15 PM
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