How Nice
So. The Germans have convicted Mounir El Motassadeq of 3,066 counts of accessory to murder for his part in 9/11. He got the maximum sentence under German law: 15 years.
He's 28. He'll be 43 when he gets out. Assuming no time off for good behavior or parole.
Thanks again, Germany.
3,066! By German standards that makes him a piker!
Ouch!!!
And 5 counts of attempted murder, that must be where 10 of those years come from.
Too bad the Germans couldn't send him over here to serve his time in an American state prison. From his appearance, this little fellow seems like the type to whom some 275 lb 'groom' would quickly teach a whole new meaning of the word "stretch", in a classic shower-room marriage.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
3,066! Only fifteen years for 3,066!? Let's just hope he accidentally drops him soap-on-a-rope and some ruthless Nazi teaches him the real meaning of the word "punishment."
Why is it that nobody talks about extradition? I am sure no statute of limitations exists for 3,066 murders or 5 counts of attempted murder in NY state.
That’s great. When he gets out Mr. Motassadeq will party with his fellow terrorists and plot another terrorist attack on America!
I'm uncertain if Germany is among them, but many European countries refuse extradition if there is any possibility that the extradited party might face the death penalty.
Yes, Germany is among those European countries that will not extradite if there is the chance of a death sentence
Well, the Attorney General could assure the German government they would not pursue the death sentence and they could go for life imprisonment. The death sentence isn't the be all and end all of capital cases. Certainly a life sentence or even a 50 year sentence would be better than 15 years!
And prison is the punishment, gentlemen, not anal rape. I find it rather disturbing that so many people find prison rape acceptable. Prison rape is a crime and those who commit it deserve to be charged and tried for it. It's criminal behavior and it shouldn't be encouraged. The people who are willing and encouraged to rape people in prison do not stop doing so at the prison gate. No matter how deserving we may think the recipient of such torture is if we decry Pakistani juries who sentence people to be raped, we should not be so happy when someone takes the power away from a jury and decided to "punish" someone themselves.
Otherwise if rape is such a great tool of punishment let's allow our judges and juries to sentence people to be raped.
Just a thought.
Hi!
What you guys might forget: in germany a life sentence is 15 years. Afterwards you don't get out of jail - your behavior in relation to case-strength makes it easy to put you in jail for another 15 years or they send you right to the funny farm. It's just the fact that there's no death sentence. Be sure - in germany these guys will fear the day they'll get out. There are enough people who will remember his name! And these are no Nazis! They're much more popular in america or south americe!
bjoern from germany, old-europe (not very old america - god bless you with a new president)