The federal judge in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person ever put on trial in the U.S. for the 9/11 attacks, said Thursday the trial proved that civilian courts can successfully handle terrorism cases, despite the abundant challenges.
, said Thursday that the trial proved that civilian courts can successfully handle terrorism cases, despite the abundant challenges.
Brinkema noted that when the trial was over, Moussaoui asked to withdraw his guilty plea and sought a new trial. He assumed he would get the death penalty; when he did not, he said he realized he could get a fair trial even with American jurors, she recalled. And he said that when he was arrested, he lied to the FBI to prevent agents from finding out about the plot.
But, Spencer said,"we were always a little bit afraid that Moussaoui would be whisked away to Guantanamo Bay and we'd never see him."
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