Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built
> >>into his shoe and tried to light it?
> >>
> >>Did you know his trial is over?
> >>Did you know he was sentenced?
> >>Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on
> >>TV/Radio?
> >>Didn't think so.
> >>Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.
> >>Ruling by Judge William Young U.S. District Court.
> >>
> >>Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if
> >>he had anything to say.
> >>
> >>His response: After admitting his guilt to the court
> >>for the record, Reid also admitted his "allegiance to
> >>Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of
> >>Allah," defiantly stated "I think I ought not
> >>apologize for my actions," and told the court "I am at
> >>war with your country."
> >>
> >>Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below,
> >>a stinging condemnation of Reid in particular and
> >>terrorists in general.
> >>
> >>January 30, 2003 United States vs. Reid. Judge Young:
> >>Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the
> >>Court imposes upon you. On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court
> >>sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the
> >>United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and
> >>7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on
> >>each count, the sentence on each count to run
> >>consecutive with the other.
> >>
> >>That's 80 years. On count 8 the Court sentences you to
> >>the mandatory 30 years consecutive to the 80 years
> >>just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each of the
> >>eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine
> >>of $2 million. The Court accepts the government's
> >>recommendation with respect to restitution and orders
> >>restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet
> >>and $5,784 to American Airlines. The Court imposes
> >>upon you the $800 special assessment.
> >>
> >>The Court imposes upon you five years supervised
> >>release simply because the law requires it. But the
> >>life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no
> >>further. This is the sentence that is provided for
> >>by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is
> >>a righteous sentence. Let me explain this to you. We
> >>are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist
> >>co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans We have
> >>been through the fire before. There is all too much
> >>war talk here. And I say that to everyone with the
> >>utmost respect. Here in this court, where we deal with
> >>individuals as individuals, and care for individuals
> >>as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for
> >>justice.
> >>
> >>You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist.
> >>You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist.
> >>To give you that reference, to call you a soldier,
> >>gives you far too much stature. Whether it is the
> >>officers of government who do it or your attorney who
> >>does it, or that happens to be your view, you are a
> >>terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We
> >>do not treat with terrorists. We do not sign documents
> >>with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and
> >>bring them to justice.
> >>
> >>So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are
> >>a big fellow. But you are not that big. You're no
> >>warrior. I know warriors. You are a terrorist. A
> >>species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted
> >>murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago
> >>had it right when you first were taken off that plane
> >>and into custody and you wondered where the press and
> >>where the TV crews were, and he said you're no big
> >>deal.
> >>
> >>You're no big deal.
> >>
> >>What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the
> >>equally able United States attorneys have grappled
> >>with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried
> >>to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific.
> >>What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
> >>
> >>
> >>I have listened respectfully to what you have to say.
> >>And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself
> >>what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you
> >>are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I
> >>have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you. But as
> >>I search this entire record, it comes as close to
> >>understanding as I know.
> >>It seems to me you hate the one thing that is most
> >>precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual
> >>freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose,
> >>to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe
> >>as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the
> >>very winds carry freedom. They carry it everywhere
> >>from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize
> >>individual freedom so much that you are here in this
> >>beautiful courtroom. So that everyone can see, truly
> >>see that justice is administered fairly, individually,
> >>and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your
> >>lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf and
> >>have filed appeals, will go on in their representation
> >>of you before other judges.
> >>
> >>We are about it. Because we all know that the way we
> >>treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own
> >>liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that
> >>we will bare any burden; pay any price, to preserve
> >>our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it
> >>well. The world is not going to long remember what you
> >>or I say here. Day after tomorrow it will be
> >>forgotten. But this, however, will long endure Here in
> >>this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the
> >>American people will gather to see that justice,
> >>individual justice, justice,not war, individual
> >>justice is in fact being done. The very President of
> >>the United States through his officers will have to
> >>come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which
> >>specific matters can be judged, and juries of citizens
> >>will gather to sit and judge that evidence
> >>democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense
> >>of justice.
> >>
> >>See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United
> >>States of America. That flag will fly there long after
> >>this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom.
> >>You know it always will.
> >>
> >>Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
> >>
> >>

 

And when he goes in to general population justice will be done

 

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