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I am opposed to the death penalty in most cases. This however is not one of those cases. I can't believe they actual had to discuss the death penalty for this man after what he said. This person would be a danger to people in jail for goodness sake! Use my tax money well and serve justice as it needs to be served, execute him.

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Confessed al-Qaeda member Zacarias Moussaoui has been sentenced to life in prison without any chance of parole for his role in the 9/11 conspiracy. A jury of nine men and three women reached the verdict Wednesday. The death penalty had been another option for the jurors.
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This is actually a good thing, because I believe he wanted to be put to death. It would be considered martyrdom if he was. This way he can languish in prison for the rest of his life. The sad part is that he won't regret what he did. Ever.

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This was his parting shot today:

If he were to be placed in prison amongst the general population, I don't think he would last too long. However, I foresee that he will be placed, if not in isolation, in some kind of limited contact with other inmates for his own protection.

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The jury was put in a terrible position in deciding how to sentence Moussaoui. His actions led to the death of so many people, that capital punishment seemed fitting. But with his beliefs of being a martyr would have only rewarded him if given the death penalty. I believe in capital punishment, but I think in this case he deserved life in prison. He should not be rewarded for his actions. He should have to live with the knowledge for the rest of his life of what he did. I hope he lives a long life in prison. Maybe the prison should put pictures of each victim in his cell so that he has those faces to stare at every day of his life.

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I think a life sentence was the appropriate verdict for some of the reasons mentioned below and also because I don't believe in capital punishment.

However, I imagine he was convicted of conspiracy to murder or as being an accessory to murder. Would this be a landmark case in the US that someone who is charged of conspiring to murder is given a life sentence?

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I heard on the radio this morning, that he will spend 23 hours per day in an isolated cell, without any human contact, with no TV or radio. I didn't hear whether or not he will even be allowed reading material.

I would still prefer that he had been sentenced to death, because I don't think that US taxpayers should pay for his care for however long he survives this. But, at the same time, I don't want anyone to think he is a martyr. So, letting him rot in solitary is a fair alternative.

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I doubt this very much. They may do it in the beginning but I just do not think he would spend 23 hours a day (for the rest of his sentence) totally isolated without any type of human contact. I think the guy would end up killing himself or something "will happen" to him while in prison. In no way, I see the guy dying in prison for natural causes.