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He may end up with the Jeffrey Dahmer sentence anyway. Better that he is not a made into a martyr...Would love to see the look on his face the day after they catch OBL and they shove the newspaper under his cell door.

A DP sentence means more headlines for him and his cause. His supporters would continue to rally around him. They don't fear death, they glorify it. The last thing he should get is the glory.

I heard a few interviews with family of 9/11 victims and they share this sentiment as well.

Throw him in a hole and let the press forget about him.

Instead of him being sent to his 73 virgins he'll be the virgin sent to 73 Bubbas. Don't drop the soap, Zach. Bwah-ha-ha-ha!

I am a proponent of the death penalty in very selective cases for reasons I am not trying to open up for debate. I am in agreement that this beast spend the rest of his natural life in Supermax and total isolation. As long as he doesn't get to write a manifesto, send messages to the media, paint pictures of sad clowns, or any other means of staying in touch with the outside world where he can still inspire like minded crazies, I'm satisfied with the sentence. I just hate seeing convicted criminals on death row or spending LWOP in prison become pseudo-celebs. It's disgusting.

I'm just glad his trial is over. Now I can go get a cheessteak for lunch at the deli next to the courthouse whenever I want!

FYI- the new DC Meet location is on the same street as the court where Moussaoui was tried, about a mile and a half east of it.

JV

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Originally Posted by LeMansX5

I was waiting for WagnerX5 to post this. ;) I do not like my tax dollars paying. :tsk:. Edit: I stand corrected, let him rot and save us money.

Haha, I was going to let someone else take this one on. I believe in only starting about 5 serious discussions a week on the X5World boards :rofl: :rofl:

As for this loser, let him sit in jail but what is going to piss me off is the inevitable book that will be written as well as the countless bulls*it interviews I will have to hear about. Now if you locked him in solitary confinement...I'd be happy.

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Originally Posted by Eric5273

As I'm guessing the little "Edit" here is for....

....what most people do not realize is that it costs far more to put someone to death than for them to spend life in prison. Court costs are much higher than is the cost of bread & water and a 8x8 jail cell.

You can be pretty certain that Moussaoui will not appeal his guilty verdict in this case, so as far as the courts go, this case is closed. But if he had been sentenced to death, most likely there would have been an appeals process. That means hearings in front of a judge, with court employees, state-provided legal team, etc. One day in court costs more than 10 years in prison. Now multiply that by however many appeals you are allowed, and you can see how it is so expensive.

Also, the appeals process takes time. If you ever watch the news, whenever they execute someone, it is usually for a crime that took place 20 years ago. That's beause with the backlog of cases in our courts, it takes that long to get through all the appeals. So you are still paying for 20 years in prison.

In this case especially, giving him the death penalty accomplishes nothing but "revenge". It will not scare future terrorists into submission.

I say it does not really matter one way or the other, and just let him rot in jail because that is the easier and less expensive thing to do. Our legal system is cluttered enough with nonsense. Just move on to the next case and be done with this one.

Yah we need a death row express lane IMO.

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Originally Posted by WagnerX5

Yah we need a death row express lane IMO.

:iagree: no limitation on how many people on death row can be executed in one year.:tsk:

I don't agree with the life sentence that he got. They should have just put a bullet in his skull. Animals like him do not deserve to live on us taxpayers' money.

Bullet to the head is too fast. Done. I think justice is better served by letting him suffer in jail for what I hope will be a long life. Cage him up like an animal.