The Shoe Bomber Is Sentenced I wish our courts were so efficient & fast. And Judges did their job fast. Why waste time & public money on terrorist? They follow Jungle Law. IPC is for honest citizens. Not for terrorists. If they seek human rights; what about innocent people who are blown up for no crimes? But will our politicians change? See & read the statements of NC [Omar Abdullah] , PDP [Mehbooba Mufti] & Congress [Ra Ga] on Kashmir terrorist multiple attacks on 05 Dec. SHOCKING. 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 judges comments on TV or Radio? > Didnt 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 apologise for my actions, and told the > court I am at war with your country. > > Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below: > > 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, 4 > and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, > the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (Thats 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 > thats an aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the > governments 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. Youre no warrior. Ive 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: > Youre 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 freedoms 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? Thats 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 Judges 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.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:39:31 +0000
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