>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote:
> >
> > The parallel here is surely that that fellow named Fournier (or
> > something like that) who knew in advance, or could have known,
> > about the Oklahoma bombing in 1995. I think he got about 14 years
> > (that's what I remember, although I might be wrong).
>
> Michael Fortier helped plan the bombing, but unlike
> Moussaoui, he wasn't interrogated *prior to* the
> bombing. Legally, that means his crime is less
> serious than Moussaoui's, who lied to the authorities
> when questioned before the attacks.
>
> Also, Fortier cooperated fully with the authorities
> after the bombing, testifying at McVeigh's and Nichols's
> trials, and expressed remorse for his part in it.
> Otherwise he would have received a much longer prison
> sentence.
>
> > Life without parole is an inhuman punishment.
>
> Until we discover ways to successfully rehabilitate
> nutcases like Moussaoui who want to murder innocent
> people en masse, they need to be kept away from
> society.
>
> We *should* be giving them the best psychiatric
> treatment, and if they can show that they've been
> healed, and can express genuine remorse, we might
> consider freeing them. But at this point the only
> option is to keep them locked up, not for
> punishment but for society's protection.
>
Good analysis of the legal reason, (I didn't know it). I'm still
unsure which of the 2 punishments is most appropriate for him, though.
Have to trust the jury, I guess.
JohnY
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