[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 40 (Monday, April 3, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2725-S2726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today at 4 p.m. the jury in the Zacarias 
Moussaoui trial rendered their verdict that Mr. Moussaoui is eligible 
for the death penalty. It is reported that after the judge and jurors 
left the courtroom, Moussaoui shouted his defiance and declared his 
unyielding enmity toward this country.
  Although none of us gets any satisfaction from the Moussaoui ordeal, 
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believe the jury delivered the just and appropriate verdict and I thank 
them for their service to their country.
  In April of last year, Moussaoui pleaded guilty to conspiring with 
al-Qaeda to commit acts of terrorism using weapons of mass destruction 
and other terror-related crimes. He shares responsibility for the most 
heinous act of terrorism against America: Three thousand innocent 
Americans were murdered. Their loss is still a gaping wound in our 
hearts.
  Nothing will ever bring these innocent Americans back, but today 
Zacarias Moussaoui received what he would deny all of us. Today justice 
was served.

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