Maybe his cell mate's name will be "Bubba". And we all know what kind of person "Bubba" is!

1) It shouldn't be about revenge. The death penalty shouldn't be about revenge, or its modern nickname, "Closure". I am not against the death penalty and I am deeply shocked with this turn of events. I fully expected him to get the needle.

I hope so.....because there have been convicted killers who have already received the death penalty
and they are dead and gone. So if the Government is going to split hairs on who and who shouldn't receive
the death penalty , thats another story.

Look at all the lives that were taken in the 9/11 disaster.
They spared his life......for what avail? All the other innocent victims lives that were taken, and
all of their families who have to go on without them!!! What about them????

I think they should have executed him and be done with it. Obviously he has no remorse for
his actions, he deserves the death penalty

1) It shouldn't be about revenge. The death penalty shouldn't be about revenge, or its modern nickname, "Closure". I am not against the death penalty and I am deeply shocked with this turn of events. I fully expected him to get the needle. I hope so.....because there have been convicted killers who have already received the death penalty and they are dead and gone. So if the Government is going to split hairs on who and who shouldn't receive the death penalty , thats another story. Look at all the lives that were taken in the 9/11 disaster. They spared his life......for what avail? All the other innocent victims lives that were taken, and all of their families who have to go on without them!!! What about them???? I think they should have executed him and be done with it. Obviously he has no remorse for his actions, he deserves the death penalty

But that isn't the politically correct way of doing things....

Personally, I think he should have been put to death. But...since he isn't, I say put him into General Population, and forget to come help him when he is getting beat to death....

Justice is not revenge... it is what happens when a civilized society uses it's infrastructure to circumvent revenge. The jury was given a choice between two valid choices. Neither of them were revenge because the judicial system worked. Now, I'm not happy with their choice, but they did choose one of the legal options available to them.... It was justice.

The reason I don't agree with the sentence is, in his culture it showed us to be weak. We were completely willing to execute an American terrorist, but we feared what would happen if we executed an Arab terrorist. That is how the Arab culture will look at this... we fear what would happen if we "made him a martyr", but we took out one of our own without giving it a thought.

Dangerous message.

but then again... sentences are justice, not messages.

Where is Jeffrey Dahmer now?
He was killed in prison a few years back.Quite franky, there was no way the man could have got the death penalty. The verdict is fair and he will live out his days in prison without parole.

Maybe his cell mate's name will be "Bubba". And we all know what kind of person "Bubba" is!

For sure Moo-Sow-Oui will not be a virgin when he gets to heaven!

I hope his new "life partner" Big Bubba Butt Buster has a 14 incher and does not believe in lubrication.

The reason I don't agree with the sentence is, in his culture it showed us to be weak. We were completely willing to execute an American terrorist, but we feared what would happen if we executed an Arab terrorist. That is how the Arab culture will look at this...

Well, maybe. Or maybe Unintended Silver Lining #2378/b: someone in the middle east now believes we're not as "bad" in the west as his imam is telling him... Who knows...

Well, maybe. Or maybe Unintended Silver Lining #2378/b: someone in the middle east now believes we're not as "bad" in the west as his imam is telling him... Who knows...

I agree.

Granted I don't see there was enough against him to give him the death sentence as he wanted. I think there may be a glimmer of hope that they will not see the same level of 'evil' in us. Justice was served which I believe is fair. Maybe there would have been more if we were able to look at his hardrive. JMO

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Or maybe Unintended Silver Lining #2378/b: someone in the middle east now believes we're not as "bad" in the west as his imam is telling him... Who knows...

I have heard a lot of that around the ol' watercooler today. And I hope it's true, that we're seen as above the "eye for an eye" (or in this case, "eye for 3000+ eyes")...
But to quote Ted,

but then again... sentences are justice, not messages.

Well, maybe. Or maybe Unintended Silver Lining #2378/b: someone in the middle east now believes we're not as "bad" in the west as his imam is telling him... Who knows...

That is assuming the culture that held Hussein as a hero for outlasting Prs. Bush Sr thinks it's honorable to show mercy to an enemy during wartime.

Well, we may be talking about two different 'target audiences'. I think you can probably write off the already 'committed' - perhaps as you say they would interpret the sentence as 'weakness'. But their 'cause' has no future without the young and wavering...

The thing to remember though is tht this is likely to be the only 9/11 case ever to be tried. So I feel for the victims, and their families, because while justice was served, vengence was not. As for the other co conspirators we have in custody, everyone knows we have been torturing them, so rather than let them see the light of day and tell the world what has been happening, we will just keep them in custody until we do not need them anymore. I am not saying this is good or bad of course, it is what it is. Great website. If you get a chance, swing on over to mine, www.thatsanotherfinemess.com, let me know what you think.