(9-11) Victims' Kin Testify for Moussaoui's Life

[DoYouEverWonder]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Half a dozen relatives of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks testified for terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui on Wednesday. One woman told jurors weighing whether to execute him that her family does not want to "get caught in a whirlpool of sadness and anger."

Meantime, a leading psychiatrist testified that Moussaoui's failure to learn enough to fly an airplane solo was probably a result of schizophrenia he developed around the time he embraced radical Islamic fundamentalism in the mid-1990s.

After two days of argument over the mental health of the 37-year-old Frenchman, many jurors noticeably sat up and leaned forward when they realized that victim relatives were coming to testify on behalf of the confessed Sept. 11 conspirator. Last week, prosecutors had summoned almost four dozen victims and relatives who gave heart-rending testimony that left some jurors discreetly wiping their eyes.

Marilynn Rosenthal, a medical sociologist whose son Josh was killed at the World Trade Center, said her family felt "something good has to come out of what happened" and endowed an annual lecture devoted to understanding Sept. 11 at the University of Michigan, where she teaches.

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. It is truly amazing when you see some people rise above a situation that

could shatter them and destroy every shred of humanity in some people.
:cry:

"when they realized that victim relatives were coming to testify on behalf of the confessed Sept. 11 conspirator."

[rooney]

2. moussaoui

(trying to get a few posts under my belt here, so pardon) I am against the death penality for anyone, even Moussaoui. I know these victim's families have other feelings.

[rodeodance]

3. He will be a marter if the US gov kills him.

[Up2Late]

6. Exactly, I'm amazed more people don't seem to see that.

Killing him is giving him what he wants!

The Death penalty is wrong on so many levels, even for this guy, but this should be the most obvious one.

[MrMonk]

10. A martyr to whom?

I haven't heard anything in his support from the "radical Islamists" that he claims to be aligned with.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. That's why this story is so incredible

These families were tesitifying on his behalf, to spare him the death penalty.

[bbinacan]

7. Welcome

to DU.:toast:

[FredScuttle]

5. The power of mercy

These families exhibit the kind of Christian values that Falwell, et. al. only pretend to ever have.

[unschooler]

8. These wonderful people know a "closure" that revenge cannot provide:

the "closure" that comes from inside.

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." The Buddha

[Bush_MUST_Go]

9. I truly admire these families. I don't know if I could do the same thing.

[unschooler]

12. I hate to think of ever having the chance to learn. I do think they

will be better off and happier for their decision to let go. I saw another great line about anger recently: That which makes you angry controls you.

These people will be freer and more peaceful for their courageous choice.

[Peace Patriot]

11. Wow! Just wow! I had to work a long shift over the last severals days,

and could only catch snatches of the news on AAR; got home, opened up DU, skipped over most stuff (intend to go back to Autorank's post), and came upon this.

Wow! Such awesome people! And how right they are!

Why can't these people be president?

:applause: :applause: :applause: :hug: :grouphug: :hug: :applause: :applause: :applause: