Posted on January 4, 2010 by Paul Mirengoff

Moussaoui conviction upheld

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld the conviction of Zacarias Moussaoui. The court — in an opinion by Judge Traxler joined by Judges Gregory and Shedd — rejected the terrorist’s claim that he should be retried or resentenced because he was deprived of his constitutional rights.
Moussaoui was sentenced to life imprisonment. My understanding is that he was one holdout juror’s vote away from the death penalty.
Judge Traxler’s opinion, all 78 pages of it, is available here.

Share
Tweet

Notice: All comments are subject to moderation. Our comments are intended to be a forum for civil discourse bearing on the subject under discussion. Commenters who stray beyond the bounds of civility or employ what we deem gratuitous vulgarity in a comment — including, but not limited to, “s***,” “f***,” “a*******,” or one of their many variants — will be banned without further notice in the sole discretion of the site moderator.

Responses