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> Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?
>
> Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced?
> Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio?
> Didn't think so.!!! Everyone should hear what the judge
> had to say.
>
> Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court.
>
> Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had
> anything to say His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the
> record, Reid also admitted his 'allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to
> Islam, and to the religion of Allah,' defiantly stating, 'I think I
> will not apologize for my actions,' and told the court 'I am at war
> with your country.'
>
> Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:
>
> Judge Young: 'Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the
> Court imposes upon you. On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to
> life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4
> and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count,
> the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (That's 80 years.)
>
> On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years again, to
> be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court
> imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000
> that's an aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the
> government's recommendation with respect to restitution and orders
> restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to
> American Airlines.
>
> The Court imposes upon you an $800 special assessment. The Court
> imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because the law
> requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need
> go no further.
>
> This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a
> fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.
>
> Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of
> your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have
> been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I
> say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we
> deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as
> individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.
>
> You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a
> soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference,
> to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the
> officers of government do it or your attorney does it, or if you think
> you are a soldier, you are not-----, you are a terrorist. And will not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet
> with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and
> bring them to justice.
>
> So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow.
> But you are not that big. You're no warrior. I've known warriors.
> You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple
> attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago
> had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and
> you wondered where the press and the TV crews were, and he said:
> 'You're no big deal. You are no big deal.
>
> What your able counsel and what the equally able United States
> attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how
> tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was
> it that led you here to this courtroom today?
>
> I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to
> search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led
> you to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing? And,
> I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search
> this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.
> It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You
> hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to
> live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not
> believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very
> wind carries
> freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining
> sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are
> here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see,
> that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It
> is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are striving so
> vigorously on behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of
> you before other judges.
>
> We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way
> we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no
> mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any
> price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it
> well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here.
> The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, by this, however, will
> long endure.
>
> Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America , the American
> people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice,
> not war, individual justice is in fact being done. The very President
> of the United States through his officers will have to come into
> courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be
> judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that
> evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of
> justice.

See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of
> America . That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten.
> That flag stands for freedom. And it always will.
>
> Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.
>
> So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We
> need more judges like Judge Young. Pass this around. Everyone should
> and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that
> strike home.
 

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