Friday, May 19, 2006
The Moussaoui deliberations
Ann Althouse has this post, commenting on a Washington Post story about the deliberations in Moussaoui case. According to the story:
Only one juror stood between the death penalty and Zacarias Moussaoui and that juror frustrated his colleagues because he never explained his vote, according to the foreman of the jury that sentenced the al-Qaeda operative to life in prison last week.
The foreman, a Northern Virginia math teacher, said in an interview that the panel voted 11 to 1, 10 to 2 and 10 to 2 in favor of the death penalty on three terrorism charges for which Moussaoui was eligible for execution. A unanimous vote on any one of them would have resulted in a death sentence.
Apparently, the hold-out not only "never explained his vote", but never identified himself as the hold-out, either. Professor Althouse has some interesting thoughts on the matter.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2006/05/the_moussaoui_d.html