Mr. Moussaoui told Federal Judge Leonie M. Brinkema that he claimed to be a member of the plot "even though I knew that was a complete fabrication."
Mr. Moussaoui told Judge Brinkema, in what appeared to be a futile motion to withdraw his plea, that he had not trusted the American legal system because he was not assigned a Muslim lawyer, and that his days in solitary confinement had provoked him to fight that system.
The jurors' decision to spare his life made him look at his situation anew, Mr. Moussaoui said. He said he would welcome a trial where he could show he was not part of the 9/11 plot "because I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors."
The reporter here termed the effort futile...is that because the statutory deadline already passed for withdrawal of the a guilty plea? Someone who knows Federal Senencing Laws would really be a hero here in the comments. Or is this just a bit of personal views inserted not so subtley?
Assuming Mousaoui can withdraw his plea (given the jury sentence etc.), this would a terrible setback for the DOJ's end of the War on Terror ™ ...The only guy they have nailed so far was nailed because he was crazy enough to plead guilty without anything in exchange (like no death penalty, or automatic no appeals death for radical muslim would-be marytrs).
This is quickly turning into a landslide loss by the government. Is it becuase the attorney's are Michael Brown-esque? Torture? Lots of inadmissible evidence? No real evidence? What is the deal here.
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