I was listening to a report on some of his courtroom antics. Apparently, the prosecution was on the verge of dropping the death penalty idea until Moussaoui stepped up to the bat and started giving them what they wanted.
The commentators were perplexed and couldn't explain why the defendant would do so much to help the prosecution.
Moussaoui wanted the death penalty. He wanted to be a martyr, and being killed in prison would have accomplished that.
The life sentence is so the state doesn't execute him, and the solitary is so other prisoners don't do him in.
None of this is about anything as abstract as "justice." Regardless of his involvement in 9-11, he's set himself up to be a scapegoat, and he wanted to be put to death for it to become a martyr.
This verdict him his martyrdom, and allows the government to pretend they got someone who was responsible.
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Date: 2006-05-04 08:22 pm (UTC)The commentators were perplexed and couldn't explain why the defendant would do so much to help the prosecution.
Moussaoui wanted the death penalty. He wanted to be a martyr, and being killed in prison would have accomplished that.
The life sentence is so the state doesn't execute him, and the solitary is so other prisoners don't do him in.
None of this is about anything as abstract as "justice." Regardless of his involvement in 9-11, he's set himself up to be a scapegoat, and he wanted to be put to death for it to become a martyr.
This verdict him his martyrdom, and allows the government to pretend they got someone who was responsible.