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> > Subject: FW: REMEMBER THIS TERRORIST??
> > Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:24:37 -0700
> > From: V_Cruz@MCSO.maricopa.gov
> > To: wjtebalt@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Subject: Fwd: FW: REMEMBER THIS TERRORIST??
> >> > 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 or Radio?
> >
> > Didn't think so.!!!
> >
> > Everyone should hear what the judge had to say.
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > Ruling by Judge William Young, US 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 stating, 'I think I will not
> > apologize for my actions,' and told the court 'I am at war with your
> > country.'
> >
> > Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:
> >
> > January 30, 2009, 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, 4and 7,
> > the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the
> > sentence on each count to run consecutively. (That's 80 years.)
> >
> > On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to
> > be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed.. The Court
> > imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 that's
> > an 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 an $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..
> >
> > Now, 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 too much war talk here and I say
> > that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, 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 the
> > officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think
> > you are a soldier, you are not----- you are a terrorist. And we do not
> > negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet 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've known warriors. You are
> > a terrorist. A species of criminal that is 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 the TV crews were, and he said: 'You're no big
> > deal.'
> >
> > You are no big deal.
> >
> > 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 to us 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 wind
> > carries freedom. It carries 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, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you
> > before other judges.
> >
> > We Americans are all about freedom. 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 bear 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.
> > The 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. And it always will.
> >
> > Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
> >
> > So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We
> > need more judges like Judge Young. Pass this around. Everyone should
> > and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that
> > strike home.
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