wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The parallel here is surely that that fellow named Fournier (or
> > > something like that) who knew in advance, or could have known,
> > > about the Oklahoma bombing in 1995. I think he got about 14
years
> > > (that's what I remember, although I might be wrong).
> >
> > Michael Fortier helped plan the bombing, but unlike
> > Moussaoui, he wasn't interrogated *prior to* the
> > bombing. Legally, that means his crime is less
> > serious than Moussaoui's, who lied to the authorities
> > when questioned before the attacks.
> >
> > Also, Fortier cooperated fully with the authorities
> > after the bombing, testifying at McVeigh's and Nichols's
> > trials, and expressed remorse for his part in it.
> > Otherwise he would have received a much longer prison
> > sentence.
> >
> > > Life without parole is an inhuman punishment.
> >
> > Until we discover ways to successfully rehabilitate
> > nutcases like Moussaoui who want to murder innocent
> > people en masse, they need to be kept away from
> > society.
> >
> > We *should* be giving them the best psychiatric
> > treatment, and if they can show that they've been
> > healed, and can express genuine remorse, we might
> > consider freeing them. But at this point the only
> > option is to keep them locked up, not for
> > punishment but for society's protection.
> >
> Good analysis of the legal reason, (I didn't know it). I'm still
> unsure which of the 2 punishments is most appropriate for him,
> though.
Well, if what you want is to make Moussaoui as
miserable as possible, life without parole is
surely the right option. He would have been
thrilled to be executed; he *wanted* to be a
martyr. Being locked up in prison for the rest
of your life is a lot less glamorous.
> Have to trust the jury, I guess.
I'm against capital punishment, so I don't really
have an opinion as to what he "deserves," legally
or morally. And I think "punishment" is meaningless
when you're talking about someone who's mentally
ill.
My only concern is that he be prevented from
killing people.
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