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Subject: FW: American Justice
Remember the guy that got on a plane
with a bomb
built into his shoe and tried to light
it? His trial is over.
How much of this Judge's comments did
you hear on
TV? Everyone should hear what the judge
had to say.
This is worthy of your time. US District
Court Judge
William Young statement in sentencing
"shoe bomber"
Richard Reid.
JUDGE WILLIAM YOUNG, SENTENCES THE SHOE
BOMBER
US District Court Judge William Young
made the
following statement in sentencing "shoe
bomber"
Richard Reid to prison. It is
noteworthy, and deserves
to be remembered far longer than he
predicts. I
commend it to you and anyone you might
wish to
forward it to.
"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.
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. 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 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, where we deal with individuals
as individuals,
and care for individuals as individuals,
as human
beings we reach out for justice, 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 that
happens to be your
view, you are a terrorist. And we do
not negotiate
with terrorists. We do not sign
documents with
terrorists. We hunt them down one by
one and bring
them to justice. 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 know warriors. You are a
terrorist."
"A species of criminal guilty of
multiple attempted
murders. In a very real sense 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."
"You are no big deal. 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?
I have listened respectfully to what you
have to say.
And I asked 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. It seems to me you hate the
one thing that 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, and to
believe or not believe as we
individually choose."
"Here, in this society, the very winds
carry freedom.
They carry 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, have filed appeals, and
will go
on in their representation of you before
other judges."
"We are about it. Because we all know
that the way we
treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of
our own liberties.
Make no mistake though: It is yet true
that we will bear
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."
"See that flag Mr. Reid? That is the
flag of the United
States of America. That flag will fly
there long after
this is all forgotten. That flag stands
for freedom. It
always will."
"Custody, Mr. Officer. Stand him down."
(How much of this Judge's comments did
you hear on
our TV sets? ZERO! Please pass this
around. Everyone
needs to hear what the judge had to
say.)
Remember the guy that got on a plane
with a bomb
built into his shoe and tried to light
it? His trial is over.
How much of this Judge's comments did
you hear on
TV? Everyone should hear what the judge
had to say.
This is worthy of your time. US District
Court Judge
William Young statement in sentencing
"shoe bomber"
Richard Reid.
JUDGE WILLIAM YOUNG, SENTENCES THE SHOE
BOMBER
US District Court Judge William Young
made the
following statement in sentencing "shoe
bomber"
Richard Reid to prison. It is
noteworthy, and deserves
to be remembered far longer than he
predicts. I
commend it to you and anyone you might
wish to
forward it to.
"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.
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. 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 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, where we deal with individuals
as individuals,
and care for individuals as individuals,
as human
beings we reach out for justice, 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 that
happens to be your
view, you are a terrorist. And we do
not negotiate
with terrorists. We do not sign
documents with
terrorists. We hunt them down one by
one and bring
them to justice. 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 know warriors. You are a
terrorist."
"A species of criminal guilty of
multiple attempted
murders. In a very real sense 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."
"You are no big deal. 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?
I have listened respectfully to what you
have to say.
And I asked 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. It seems to me you hate the
one thing that 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, and to
believe or not believe as we
individually choose."
"Here, in this society, the very winds
carry freedom.
They carry 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, have filed appeals, and
will go
on in their representation of you before
other judges."
"We are about it. Because we all know
that the way we
treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of
our own liberties.
Make no mistake though: It is yet true
that we will bear
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."
"See that flag Mr. Reid? That is the
flag of the United
States of America. That flag will fly
there long after
this is all forgotten. That flag stands
for freedom. It
always will."
"Custody, Mr. Officer. Stand him down."
(How much of this Judge's comments did
you hear on
our TV sets? ZERO! Please pass this
around. Everyone
needs to hear what the judge had to
say.)