posted on Jun, 17 2005 @ 03:33 PM
I got this email today...I thought I'd pass it on...pretty good stuff...
>To: undisclosed-recipients:
>Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 3:02 PM
>Subject: FW: Richard Reid Ruling ( Air Terrorist)
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>I checked this out with snopes hoaxes and it is real.
>Mike
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>Subject: Richard Reid Ruling (Air terrorist)
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>Richard Reid Ruling
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>Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe
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>tried to light it?
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>Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you
>see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV/Radio? Didn't think so.
Everyone
>should hear what the judge had to say. Ruling by Judge William Young,
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>District Court.
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>Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything
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>say.
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>His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record,
Reid
>also admitted his "allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the
>religion of Allah," defiantly stated "I think I will not apologize for
my
>actions," and told the court "I am at war with your country."
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>Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:
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>"January 30, 2003 , United States vs. Reid. Judge Young: "Mr. Richard
C.
>Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you. On
counts 1,
>5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of
the
>United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court
>sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on
each
>count to run consecutive with the other.
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>That's 80 years. On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory
30
>years consecutive to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon
you
>each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000 for the aggregate fine of
$2
>million. The Court accepts the government's recommendation with
respect to
>restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre
>Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines. The Court imposes upon you
the
>$800 special assessment.
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>The Court imposes upon you five years supervised release simply
because the
>law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I
need
>go no further. This is the sentence that is provided for by our
statutes.
>It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence. Let me
explain
>this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist
>co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the
fire
>before. There is all too much war talk here and I say that to everyone
with
>the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as
>individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings,
we
>reach out for justice.
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>You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a
soldier
>in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call
you a
>soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether it is the officers of
>government who do it or your attorney who does it, or if you think you
are
>a soldier. You are not----- you are a terrorist. And we do not
negotiate
>with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign
documents
>with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to
justice.
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>So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow.
But you
>are not that big. You're no warrior. I've know warriors. You are a
>terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted
>murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right
when you
>first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered
where the
>press and where the TV crews were and he said: 'You're no big deal.'
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>You are no big deal.
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>What your able counsel and what the equally able United States
attorneys
>have grappled with and what I have as honestly as I know how tried to
>grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that
led
>you here to this courtroom today?
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>I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to
>search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led
you
>to do what you are guilty and admit you are guilty of doing. And I
have an
>answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire
record,
>it comes as close to understanding as I know.
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>It seems to me you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You
hate
>our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as
we
>choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we
>individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries
freedom.
>It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we
prize
>individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful
courtroom.
>So that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered
fairly,
>individually, and discretely. It is for freedom's sake that your
lawyers
>are striving so vigorously on your behalf and have filed appeals, will
go
>on in their representation of you before other judges.
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>We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way
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>treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no
mistake
>though. It is yet true that we will bare any burden; pay any price, to
>preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The
world
>is not going to long remember what you or I say here. Day after
tomorrow,
>it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure. Here in
this
>courtroom and courtrooms all across America , the American people will
>gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war,
>individual justice is in fact being done. The very President of the
United
>States through his officers will have to come into courtrooms and lay
out
>evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of
citizens
>will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and
>shape and refine our sense of justice.
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>See that flag, Mr. Reid? That's the flag of the United States of
America.
>That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag
stands
>for freedom. And it always will.
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>Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down."
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>So, how much of this Judge's comments did we hear on our TV sets? We
need
>more judges like Judge Young, but that's another subject. Pass this
around.
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>Everyone should and needs to hear what this fine judge had to say.
Powerful
>words that strike home.
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>God bless America
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>Please forward this---------so that every American has a chance to
read it.
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