Posted by: Sister Toldjah on April 3, 2006 at 3:06 pm
That’s the headline up at Yahoo News – citing CNN. No direct link to the CNN story just yet.
MSNBC is reporting that the verdict will be announced at 4 PM ET.
More: CNN page: ‘The Zacarias Moussaoui jury has reached a verdict — due to be returned at 4 pm. ET — on whether he is eligible for the death penalty.’
So this isn’t the verdict on whether or not he’s guilty but whether or not the death penalty can be sought by prosecutors? I guess I shall wait for the full story …
Update I: The AP has up a brief story:
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jurors in the death-penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui reached a verdict Monday on whether the confessed al-Qaida terror conspirator is eligible for execution.
The jury began weighing Moussaoui’s fate last Wednesday and the verdict was being announced later Monday.
During its deliberations, the jury has asked only one question, seeking a definition of “weapon of mass destruction.” One of the three convictions for which Moussaoui could be executed is conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
The jurors were told that a plane used as a missile — the tactic employed on Sept. 11, 2001 — qualifies as a weapon of mass destruction.
Update II: The AP has expanded and re-written the above story which now contains more information:
The verdict on Moussaoui, the only person to face charges in the U.S. in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks, was being announced at 4 p.m. Monday, according to the court’s Web site.
This first phase of the trial only determines Moussaoui’s eligibility for the death penalty.
If jurors find he is eligible, it moves into a second phase to determine whether he deserves the death penalty. Victims of sept. 11, 2001 and their families will testify in this second phase.
If they find he is ineligible, he will automatically be sentenced to life in prison.
Update III, via CNN: ‘Zacarias Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty, a jury decides in the first U.S. trial about the 9/11 attacks.’
Update IV: In the Bullpen has a must-read analysis of the verdict. (Hat tip: Stop The ACLU)
Related Toldjah So posts:
“So this isn’t the verdict on whether or not he’s guilty but whether or not the death penalty can be sought by prosecutors? I guess I shall wait for the full story …”
He’s already pled guilty. The entire trial is for the penalty determination.
Thou shall not kill, that means the death penalty too. Peace
Steve,
Thou shall not kill, that means the death penalty too
I assume this means you oppose abortion?
He does.
He’s better than everyone (in his mind) though he doesn’t understand his solutions would cause more death, misery and poverty…
>Thou shall not kill, that means the
>death penalty too.
Thank you for once again proving Cavalier’s Theorem:
Every time, Liberals will fight to protect the guilty and kill the innocent, while Conservatives will fight to protect the innocent and punish the guilty.
Steve can you please explain stoning???
I hope they don’t kill this guy. This is exactly what he wants to be killed by his enemy makes him a “martyr”. If we keep him alive, yeah granted it is like wanting to keep a cockroach alive, but the misery of his life would be tremendous. We could play Britney Spears music and make him watch Jessica Simpson videos. Poor little martyr kept alive by his enemy. On a personal note, I would be playing “wallboard” bingo with the bars soon after the first Britney song came on. /shiver – Lorica
- Damn Steve. If we could just get all the Murderers to listen to that message and stop the killing we’d be all set. Unfortunately the rest of us have to deal with reality while you sit around day dreaming.
- Bang
Some nut told a bunch of people a few hundred years ago that he was going to build some wings and fly to the sun. His wax melted and he crashed to the ground and everyone avoided him and called him names. But in the end men did fly to the moon. If you accept that can’t make things different, even better, guess what you can’t, because you won’t try. War is over if you want it. Just stop killing. Peace