- Sentencing Verdict Form
Jurors completed this 42-page document after reaching the decision to recommend a life sentence (PDF). - Eligibility Verdict Form
Jurors filed this form with the court when they rendered their decision that Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty. - The Indictment
This document, which charges the defendant with six conspiracy counts, lays out details of activities of Moussaoui and the hijackers (PDF). - Consent Form
Below a typewritten consent statement, Moussaoui pens his own request to publish unsealed documents on the Internet and replaces the word "defendant" with "prisoner" below his signature. - Unseal Request
In this filing requesting that his court documents be posted on the Internet, Moussaoui claims the trial judge has a mental disorder. - Records Objection
Claiming "the United States is unfairly trying to kill me," Moussaoui objects to his court documents being sealed. - Hearing Notice
Moussaoui says his court-appointed attorneys "Jewish Zealot Zerkin, Megalopig Dunhham and Right Wing Racist must be exiled from the land"." - Self-Representation
Referring to himself as a "slave of Allah," Moussaoui seeks to represent himself in court and hire a Muslim lawyer to assist. - Notice of Appeal
Moussaoui vows to expose the hypocrisy of U.S. law "by walking out of the court and fly out...1st class."
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui says he lied on the witness stand about being involved in the plot and wants to withdraw his guilty plea because he now believes he can get a fair trial.
In a motion filed Friday but released Monday, Moussaoui said he testified March 27 he was supposed to hijack a fifth plane on Sept. 11, 2001, and fly it into the White House "even though I knew that was a complete fabrication."
A federal court jury spared the 37-year-old Frenchman the death penalty last Wednesday. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema gave him six life sentences, to run as two consecutive life terms, in the federal supermax prison at Florence, Colo.
At sentencing, she told Moussaoui: "You do not have a right to appeal your convictions, as was explained to you when you plead guilty" in April 2005. "You waived that right."
She said he could appeal his sentence but added, "I believe it would be an act of futility."
Moussaoui's court-appointed lawyers told the court they filed the motion even though a federal rule "prohibits a defendant from withdrawing a guilty plea after imposition of sentence." They did so anyway because of their "problematic relationship with Moussaoui" and the fact that new lawyers have yet to be appointed to replace them.
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