The Shoe Bombers Sentence

[Montana Bob]

THESHOEBOMBER'SSENTENCEINBOSTONDISTRICTCOURT
BYJUDGEWILLIAMYOUNG

Remembertheguywhogotonaplanewithabombbuiltintohiss hoeand
triedtolightit?

Didyouknowhistrialisover?Didyouknowhewassentenced?
[/align]Didyousee/hearanyofthejudge'scommentsonTV/Radio?Didn'tthink
so.
[/align]Everyoneshouldhearwhatthejudgehadtosay.RulingbyJud ge
William Young,USDistrictCourt.

Priortosentencing,theJudgeaskedthedefendant
ifhehadanythingtosay.Hisresponse:
Afteradmittinghisguilttothecourtfortherecord,Reid
alsoadmittedhis"allegiancetoOsamabinLaden,toIslam,
andtothereligionofAllah,"defiantlystated"IthinkIwi llnot
apologizeformyactions,"andtoldthecourt"Iamatwarwit hyourcountry."
[/align]JudgeYoungthendeliveredthestatementquotedbelow:
[/align]January30,2003,UnitedStatesvs.Reid.
JudgeYoung:"Mr.RichardC.Reid,hearkennowtothesenten ce
theCourtimposesuponyou.

Oncounts1,5and6theCourtsentencesyoutolifeinprisoni nthe
custodyoftheUnitedStatesAttorneyGeneral.
Oncounts2,3,4and7,theCourtsentencesyouto20
yearsinprisononeachcount,thesentenceoneachcount
torunconsecutivewiththeother.That's80years.

Oncount8theCourtsentencesyoutothemandatory30years
consecutive tothe80yearsjustimposed.TheCourtImposesuponyoueach ofthe
eightcountsafineof$250,000fortheaggregate fineof$2million.[/align]TheCourtacceptsthegovernment'srecommendation withrespecttorestitutionand
ordersrestitutionintheamountof$29,817toAndreBousqu etand$5,784 toAmericanAirlines.
[/align]TheCourtimposesuponyouthe$800specialassessment.The Court
imposesuponyoufiveyearssupervisedreleasesimplybeca use
thelawrequiresit.Butthelifesentencesarereallifesen tencesso
Ineedgonofurther.Thisisthesentencethatisprovidedfo rbyour
statutes.Itisafairandjustsentence.
Itisarighteoussentence.
[/align]Letmeexplainthistoyou.Wearenotafraidofyouoranyofyo ur
terroristco-conspirators,Mr.Reid.WeareAmericans.
Wehavebeenthroughthefirebefore.
ThereisalltoomuchwartalkhereandIsay
thattoeveryonewiththeutmostrespect.Hereinthiscourt ,wedeal
withindividualsasindividualsandcareforindividualsa sindividuals.
Ashumanbeings,wereachoutforjustice.

Youarenotanenemycombatant.Youareaterrorist.Youaren ota
soldierinanywar.Youareaterrorist.
[/align]Togiveyouthatreference,tocallyouasoldier,givesyouf artoo
muchstature.Whetheritistheofficersofgovernmentwhod oit,
oryourattorneywhodoesit,orifyouthinkyouareasoldier .
Youarenot-----youareaterrorist.
Andwedonotnegotiatewithterrorists.Wedonotmeetwith
terrorists.
Wedonotsigndocumentswithterrorists.
Wehuntthemdownonebyoneandbringthemtojustice.

Sowartalkiswayoutoflineinthiscourt.Youareabigfello w.
Butyouarenotthatbig.You'renowarrior.
I'veknownwarriors.Youareaterrorist.[/align]Aspeciesofcriminalthatisguiltyofmultipleattemptedm urders.
Inaveryrealsense,StateTrooperSantiagohaditrightwhe nyou
first weretakenoffthatplaneandintocustodyandyouwondered
wherethepressandwheretheTVcrewswere,and hesaid:"You'renobigdeal."

Youarenobigdeal.
[/align]WhatyourablecounselandwhattheequallyableUnitedStat es[/align]attorneyshavegrappledwithandwhatIhaveashonestlyasI knowtriedto
grapplewith,iswhyyoudidsomethingsohorrific.
Whatwasitthatledyouheretothiscourtroomtoday?
[/align]Ihavelistenedrespectfullytowhatyouhavetosay.AndIas kyouto[/align]searchyourheartandaskyourselfwhat sortof[/align]unfathomablehateledyoutodowhatyouareguiltyandadmit you
areguiltyofdoing.AndIhaveananswerforyou. Itmaynotsatisfyyou,[/align]butasIsearchthisentirerecord,itcomesasclosetounder standing[/align]asIknow.Itseemstomeyouhatetheonethingthattousismos t
precious.Youhateourfreedom.Ourindividualfreedom.
[/align]Ourindividualfreedomtoliveaswechoose,tocome and[/align]goaswechoose,tobelieveornotbelieveasweindividually choose.
Here,inthissociety,theverywindcarriesfreedom.Itcar riesit
everywherefromseatoshiningsea.Itisbecauseweprizein dividual
freedomsomuchthatyouarehereinthisbeautifulcourtroo m.
Sothateveryonecansee,trulysee,thatjusticeisadminis tered
fairly,individually,anddiscretely.

Itisforfreedom'ssakethatyourlawyersarestrivingsovi gorouslyon
yourbehalfandhavefiledappeals,willgoonintheirrepre sentation ofyou[/align]beforeotherjudges.
[/align]WeAmericansareallaboutfreedom.Becauseweallknowthat thewaywe
treatyou,Mr.Reid,isthemeasureofourownliberties. Makenomistakethough.Itisyettruethatwewillbareanybu rden;
payanyprice,topreserveourfreedoms.Lookaroundthisco urtroom.
Markitwell.Theworldisnotgoingtolongremember
whatyouorIsayhere.Dayaftertomorrow,itwillbeforgott en,but this,
however,willlongendure.Hereinthiscourtroomandcourt rooms
allacrossAmerica,theAmericanpeoplewillgathertoseet hatjustice,[/align]individualjustice,justice,notwar,individualjustice isinfact beingdone.
[/align]TheveryPresidentoftheUnitedStates through hisofficerswillhavetocomeintocourtroomsandlayoutev idenceon[/align]whichspecificmatterscanbejudgedandjuriesofcitizens will[/align]gathertositandjudgethatevidencedemocratically,
tomoldandshapeandrefineoursenseofjustice.
Seethatflag,Mr.Reid?That'stheflagoftheUnitedStates of America.
Thatflagwillflytherelongafterthisisallforgotten.

Thatflagstandsforfreedom.Anditalwayswill.
Mr.CustodyOfficer.Standhimdown."

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So,howmuchofthisJudge'scommentsdidwehearonourTVset s?
WeneedmorejudgeslikeJudgeYoung,butthat'sanothersub ject.
Passthisaround.Everyoneshouldandneedstohearwhat
thisfinejudgehadtosay.Powerfulwordsthatstrikehome.

GodblessAmerica.
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