Originally posted by DoctorScribblesNot actually since he pled guilty. I have serious doubts that a death penalty based on a failure to timely reveal facts regarding a criminal conspiracy that the accused was a part of would have survived appellate review. My guess is the jury just didn't think he was responsible for 9/11 or anybody's actual death.
If that were the case, he shouldn't have been convicted in the first place.
The very fact that they held a deliberation on whether to administer capital punishment indicates that he was already found beyond any reasonable doubt to be responsible for a capital crime.
Regardless, I think it would have been more humane to kill him.
96% of your life in a little room without any contact to the outside world.........yeah, you ask me, he got the worse of the two possible sentences.
I hope he takes comfort in his "America, you lose!" mentality. He'll have plenty of private, quiet time to contemplate his "win". 😛
nope. jury trials are crapshoots. he might've even got acquitted. it's not under the control of the U.S. (crossposted from General.)
i seem to remember an inmate being executed in texas for being an accomplice in a robbery that resulted in murder, plus there's the sentence for rape of 8-yo on appeal in louisiana.
wasn't moussaoui actually training for the mission? that indicates more than just a failure to inform authorities.
Originally posted by zeeblebotTraining for something doesn't make you death penalty eligible; you have to be responsible for someone's death. The prosecutor's theory was that he was responsible for the deaths on 9/11 because he didn't reveal the details of the conspiracy to the authorities. This is quite a dubious reason under American law given the right against self-incrimination.
nope. jury trials are crapshoots. he might've even got acquitted. it's not under the control of the U.S. (crossposted from General.)
i seem to remember an inmate being executed in texas for being an accomplice in a robbery that resulted in murder, plus there's the sentence for rape of 8-yo on appeal in louisiana.
wasn't moussaoui actually training for the mission? that indicates more than just a failure to inform authorities.