Moussaoui Fails in Bid to Withdraw 9/11 Guilty PleaAh, yeah. Sure. You confess, eloquently, consistenly, and repeatedly - and tried your damndest to get the jury angry enough to get the death penalty. You "Won", remember? Against the US legal system? You didn't get the death penalty.Facing transfer to the nation's toughest federal prison, Zacarias Moussaoui served up what may be his final legal surprise yesterday: The al-Qaeda conspirator said he was not involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror plot after all and wants a new trial to prove it.
Instead, you got sentenced to live the rest of your life in a solitary Supermax cell. No chance of parole, no death row notoriety and no 72 virgins as a martyred jihadi... and all of a sudden - you didn't do it?
No, you poor sap, you're not getting another trial - you can't withdraw a guilty plea after the trial's over. You're going to be in jail for the rest of your life - seeing nobody but the guards who'll haul you out of your cell once a day for exercise. In five years you'll be a fading memory. In ten, forgotten. In thirty? Buried in a prison graveyard - unmourned and unremembered.
You won, man. You said you were guilty. If you weren't, you sure as hell played your part to the hilt. You convinced the jury you were guilty as hell.
You won against the American legal system. Now you've got to live with it. In a 7x12 cell.
Alone.
J.
Comments (2)
Think maybe he's having second thoughts?
Heh, heh!
Posted by Ben USN (Ret) | May 11, 2006 4:14 AM
Posted on May 11, 2006 04:14
If he's sane (well, somewhat) I'd be surprised if he wasn't. Now he thinks he 'can get a fair trial'? And wants a do-over? Don't think so!
J.
Posted by JLawson | May 11, 2006 7:50 AM
Posted on May 11, 2006 07:50