So, Zacarias Maussaoui took the stand today in his sentencing trial. Since he's already plead guilty, the jury is just deciding whether or not to give him the death penalty. Now, I'm universally against the death penalty, mostly because it's impossible to prove anyone 100% guilty, but this is a case where I'm against it for another reason. It's pretty clear that killing him will only make him a martyr, where as letting him live will cause him to fade into obscurity.
It's pretty clear from his testimony today that he much prefers the death penalty to life in prison. I don't think he deserves to be granted his wish. It would be better to put him in a cell and force him to listen to (recordings of) family members tell stories about the people who died on 9/11, over and over again until he dies from natural causes.
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