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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2458)4/19/2005 10:44:09 AM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9838
 
Moonbat.com

Basic fact number seven: Ray-man is a certifiable lunatic.

Made up any new constitutional law lately, Duhray?



To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2458)4/19/2005 10:45:36 AM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 9838
 
Moussaoui to admit 9/11 role

Jerry Markon
Washington Post
Apr. 19, 2005 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Zacarias Moussaoui has notified the government that he intends to plead guilty to his suspected role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and could enter the plea as early as this week if a judge finds him mentally competent, sources familiar with the case said Monday.

Moussaoui's plan to plead guilty comes over his attorneys' objections and still has several obstacles, including Moussaoui's own whim. The French citizen, the only person charged in the United States in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, tried to plead guilty in 2002, claiming an intimate knowledge of the plane hijackings. But he rescinded his plea a week later. His mental state has been an issue in the case ever since, and U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Va., is scheduled to meet with Moussaoui this week to determine if he has the mental capacity to enter a plea now, the sources said.

In recent letters to the government and to Brinkema, Moussaoui said he is willing to accept the possibility of a death sentence, which sources said could resolve a key point of contention: Prosecutors are unlikely to drop their insistence on capital punishment. If Brinkema accepts a plea, she would then probably set a death penalty trial, at which jurors would decide if Moussaoui should be executed.

Moussaoui's renewed interest in a plea comes as the case, which has seen years of delays, seemed to be headed toward trial. Moussaoui was indicted in December 2001, but his trial has been delayed three times. For most of the past two years, the case has been tied up in the appellate courts in a dispute over Moussaoui's access to key al-Qaida witnesses.

Moussaoui's indictment has been hailed by the Bush administration as proof that the government could fight terror in criminal courtrooms, and his trial is seen as a possible airing of the evidence gathered about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. If Moussaoui were to plead guilty, much of that evidence might never be heard.

Although Moussaoui's antics have ranged from courtroom outbursts to blistering handwritten motions insulting everyone from Brinkema to his own attorneys, legal experts said there is a good chance the judge could find him competent to enter a plea. The legal standard, they said, is whether a defendant understands the charges against him as well as the consequences of a plea and can assist in his own defense.

azcentral.com



To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2458)4/19/2005 12:24:27 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Respond to of 9838
 
Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go beserk

Well you left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind

And they're coming to take me away ha-haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa

You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I said
That losing you would make me flip my lid

Right? You know you laughed
I heard you laugh. You laughed
You laughed and laughed and then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad

And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa

I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish, loving deeds
Ha! Well you just wait
They'll find you yet and when they do
They'll put you in the A.S.P.C.A.
You mangy mutt

And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ha haaa ho ho hee hee
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats

And they're coming to take me away
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa!

Napoleon XIV = Duhranged



To: Raymond Duray who wrote (2458)4/19/2005 12:27:29 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9838
 
New Pope elected! Democrats to challenge the vote!