9/11 friend given 15-year sentence
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- A Moroccan convicted as an accessory to murder in the September 11, 2001, attacks was sentenced Monday to the maximum 15 years in prison, minutes after telling the son of a woman killed that day "my future is ruined."
A German appeals court had convicted Mounir el Motassadeq, a friend of three of the suicide pilots, of the charge in November and sent the case to a state court in Hamburg for sentencing.
The Hamburg judges followed the recommendation of federal prosecutors, who said el Motassadeq deserved the maximum penalty because he knew the hijackers intended to use planes to stage attacks.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/08/germany.911.ap/index.html
"You have a chance to rebuild your life and be back with your family. Others don't," Puopolo said. "Your life is not over, but my mom's is."
....what a load of ......[8D]...boo hoo hoo you are going to jail...but you are still alive....boo hoo hoo
