CrappieFisherman
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Got this in the mail, dont know if its true, but I sure hope it is<br /><br />Personally, they should have KILLED the SOB where he stood<br /><br /> 
<br /><br />Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and <br />tried to light it? <br />Did you know his trial is over?<br /><br />Did you know he was sentenced?<br /><br />Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV/Radio?<br /><br />Didn't think so; media at work again. Everyone should hear what the <br />judge had to say......<br /><br />Ruling by Judge William Young U.S. District Court<br /><br />Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything <br />to say. His response: <br /><br />After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also <br />admitted his "allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of <br />Allah," defiantly stated "I think I ought not apologize for my <br />actions," and told the court "I am at war with your country."<br /><br />Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below, a stinging <br />condemnation of Reid in particular and terrorists in general.<br /><br />January 30, 2003 United States vs. Reid.<br /><br />Judge Young:<br /><br />"Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes <br />upon you. On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison <br />in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 <br />and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the <br />sentence on each count to run consecutive with the other.<br /><br />That's 80 years.<br /><br />On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years <br />consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each of the <br />eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of $2 million. <br />The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to <br />restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet <br />and $5,784 to American Airlines. The Court imposes upon you the $800 <br />special assessment.<br /><br />The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because <br />the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so <br />I need go no further. This is the sentence that is provided for by our <br />statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.<br /><br />Let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your <br />terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been <br />through the fire before. There is all too much war talk here. And I say that <br />to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with <br />individuals as individuals, and care for individuals as individuals. As <br />human beings, we reach out for justice. You are not an enemy combatant. <br />You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a <br />terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far <br />too much stature.<br /><br />Whether it is the officers of government who do it or your attorney who <br />does it, or that happens to be your view, you are a terrorist. And we <br />do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We do <br />not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and <br />bring them to justice.<br /><br />So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But <br />you are not that big. You're no warrior. I know warriors. You are a <br />terrorist. A species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted murders. In <br />a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first <br />were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the <br />press and where the TV crews were, and he said you're no big deal. You're <br />no big deal.<br /><br />What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the equally able <br />United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as <br />I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. <br />What was it that led you here to this courtroom today? I have listened <br />respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your <br />heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what <br />you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I have an answer <br />for you. It may not satisfy you. But as I search this entire record, it <br />comes as close to understanding as I know. It seems to me you hate the <br />one thing that is most precious. You hate our freedom.<br /><br />Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to <br />come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually <br />choose.<br /><br />Here, in this society, the very winds carry freedom. They carry it <br />everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual <br />freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that <br />everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, <br />individually, and discreetly. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are <br />striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed appeals, will go on in <br />their representation of you before other judges. We are about it. <br />Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of <br />our own liberties.<br /><br />Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden, <br />pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. <br />Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say <br />here. Day after tomorrow it will be forgotten. But this, however, will <br />long endure.<br /><br />Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American <br />people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, <br />not war, individual justice is, in fact, being done.<br /><br />The very President of the United States through his officers will have <br />to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters <br />can be judged, and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that <br />evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of <br />justice.<br /><br />See that flag, Mr. Reid?<br /><br />That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly <br />there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. You <br />know it always will.<br /><br />Custody, Mr. Officer. Stand him down."<br /><br />So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We <br />need more judges like Judge Young, but that's another subject.
<br /><br />Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and <br />tried to light it? <br />Did you know his trial is over?<br /><br />Did you know he was sentenced?<br /><br />Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV/Radio?<br /><br />Didn't think so; media at work again. Everyone should hear what the <br />judge had to say......<br /><br />Ruling by Judge William Young U.S. District Court<br /><br />Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything <br />to say. His response: <br /><br />After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also <br />admitted his "allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of <br />Allah," defiantly stated "I think I ought not apologize for my <br />actions," and told the court "I am at war with your country."<br /><br />Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below, a stinging <br />condemnation of Reid in particular and terrorists in general.<br /><br />January 30, 2003 United States vs. Reid.<br /><br />Judge Young:<br /><br />"Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes <br />upon you. On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison <br />in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 <br />and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the <br />sentence on each count to run consecutive with the other.<br /><br />That's 80 years.<br /><br />On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years <br />consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you each of the <br />eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of $2 million. <br />The Court accepts the government's recommendation with respect to <br />restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet <br />and $5,784 to American Airlines. The Court imposes upon you the $800 <br />special assessment.<br /><br />The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply because <br />the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so <br />I need go no further. This is the sentence that is provided for by our <br />statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.<br /><br />Let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your <br />terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been <br />through the fire before. There is all too much war talk here. And I say that <br />to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with <br />individuals as individuals, and care for individuals as individuals. As <br />human beings, we reach out for justice. You are not an enemy combatant. <br />You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a <br />terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far <br />too much stature.<br /><br />Whether it is the officers of government who do it or your attorney who <br />does it, or that happens to be your view, you are a terrorist. And we <br />do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not treat with terrorists. We do <br />not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and <br />bring them to justice.<br /><br />So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But <br />you are not that big. You're no warrior. I know warriors. You are a <br />terrorist. A species of criminal guilty of multiple attempted murders. In <br />a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first <br />were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the <br />press and where the TV crews were, and he said you're no big deal. You're <br />no big deal.<br /><br />What your counsel, what your able counsel and what the equally able <br />United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have as honestly as <br />I know how tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. <br />What was it that led you here to this courtroom today? I have listened <br />respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your <br />heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what <br />you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I have an answer <br />for you. It may not satisfy you. But as I search this entire record, it <br />comes as close to understanding as I know. It seems to me you hate the <br />one thing that is most precious. You hate our freedom.<br /><br />Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to <br />come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually <br />choose.<br /><br />Here, in this society, the very winds carry freedom. They carry it <br />everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual <br />freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom. So that <br />everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, <br />individually, and discreetly. It is for freedom's sake that your lawyers are <br />striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed appeals, will go on in <br />their representation of you before other judges. We are about it. <br />Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of <br />our own liberties.<br /><br />Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden, <br />pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. <br />Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say <br />here. Day after tomorrow it will be forgotten. But this, however, will <br />long endure.<br /><br />Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America, the American <br />people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, <br />not war, individual justice is, in fact, being done.<br /><br />The very President of the United States through his officers will have <br />to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters <br />can be judged, and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that <br />evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of <br />justice.<br /><br />See that flag, Mr. Reid?<br /><br />That's the flag of the United States of America. That flag will fly <br />there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. You <br />know it always will.<br /><br />Custody, Mr. Officer. Stand him down."<br /><br />So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We <br />need more judges like Judge Young, but that's another subject.
