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Terror Networks
Feds to ask death penalty for Moussaoui
2002-03-28
  • The Justice Department told a court Thursday it will seek the death penalty against Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person to be charged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against New York and Washington. Prosecutors notified the trial judge in suburban Alexandria, Va., where the trial will be held this fall.
    He's the only one of the 9-11 thugs we have alive. Might as well make them all dead. The Frenchies are complaining about the American use of the death penalty, since they don't indulge in it anymore, and threatening to pull out of the War on Terror. Since the very same Bad Guys want to kill them only slightly less than they want to kill us, that doesn't appear to make a lot of sense. Or am I missing something?
    The French have banned the death penalty, as have the other nations of the EU. Further, most EU nations won't cooperate in the prosecution of a person in another country if said prosecution could lead to the death penalty. So one could state fairly that the French are simply being true to their beliefs that the death penalty is wrong regardless of circumstances. That's noble, especially if you agree with them that the death penalty is wrong.

    I suspect that this is their motivation, and since they are so very French, they're willing to ignore the reality of the Bad Guys in order to be true to their ethical beliefs.

    Regards,

    Steve White
    Posted by Steve White 3/28/2002 11:56:41 PM
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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