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Sniper Defendant: 'I Had Nothing To Do With The Crime'
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| 10/20/03
Posted on 10/20/2003 12:58:37 PM PDT by marshmallow
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (CNN) -- Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad denied any involvement in the shootings in his opening statements Monday, after the judge granted an unexpected motion allowing him to represent himself.
"I had nothing to do with the crime," he told the jury. "I had nothing at all to do with the crime -- and they know this. And please pay attention-- my life and my son's life -- is on the line," Muhammad said, apparently a reference to fellow suspect Lee Boyd Malvo.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dcsniper; dcsnipers; johnallenmuhammad; muhammadtrial
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To: marshmallow
yep its all the kids fault, he was just along for the ride....geez
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:00:21 PM PDT
by
boxerblues
(If you can read this.. Thank a Teacher..If you can read this in English ..Thank a US Soldier)
To: marshmallow
Of course not I was just standing their with my gun and because of a flaw in the trigger it went off its the gun manufacture`s fault, their was no warning on the ammo box that bullets can kill its their fault. Fry his A$$
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:01:41 PM PDT
by
bikerman
To: boxerblues
No kidding! Didn't one or both of them confess at one point early after their arrests?
Ben Franklin was right!
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:02:42 PM PDT
by
Quilla
To: marshmallow
I thought these two guys were both Muslim. Muhammed is quoting Jesus??
Sounds like he's just darn sorry he got caught, put in jail, and is standing trial.
Prairie
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:03:37 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(We will not deny, ignore or pass our problems along to other Presidents. ---GWBush)
To: Quilla
One of them did
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:04:29 PM PDT
by
boxerblues
(If you can read this.. Thank a Teacher..If you can read this in English ..Thank a US Soldier)
To: marshmallow
Muslims: "Muslims didn't commit 9-11, but, you deserved it anyways."
Mohammed: "I didn't do it, but, you deserved it."
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:05:12 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
( Proud Infidel)
To: marshmallow
my life and my son's life -- is on the line," "Daddy" and "son". . . how eccentric.
To: prairiebreeze
There had been some discussion on FR of the idea the Muhammad belonged to a Muslim sect, while living in Portland.
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:06:03 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
In his recent book on the murder of Daniel Pearl, Bernard-Henri Levy says that Muhammed was a member of the US branch of al Fuqra, a terrorist sect run by bin Laden's guru. These scumbags have been recruiting in prisons here since the 80's - Levy's implication is that there are many more John Muhammeds out there.
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:09:32 PM PDT
by
Argus
((Ninety-nine and forty-four one-hundredths percent Pure Reactionary))
To: Quilla
"Ben Franklin was right! "Ben certainly wasn't left, but what was he right about this time?
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:12:33 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
(Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
To: marshmallow
Muhammad also gave a discourse on "truth." Nothing like a condescending, rambling sermon to the jury to kick off one's defence. As the trial progresses and the concrete evidence against Muhammad is presented, I'm sure we'll see more of these nebulous, emotional discourses from this self-styled attorney/philosopher/moralist.
I suspect that in Muhammad's mind, truth is whatever he thinks it to be.
To: Argus
I have no reason to doubt this assertion. I believe we have many enemies... foreign and domestic.
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:13:21 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.)
To: Argus
"I vas only following ze Koran!"
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:15:20 PM PDT
by
Thorondir
(iSLAM is a disease begging for a cure.)
To: marshmallow
...and James Carville has declared all the victims to be trailer trash who had it coming!!!
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:15:31 PM PDT
by
Spok
To: DannyTN
"A man who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer and an imbecile for a client." ~Ben Franklin
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:16:56 PM PDT
by
Quilla
To: Quilla
"A man who represents himself in court has a fool for a lawyer and an imbecile for a client." ~Ben Franklin Oh yeah, I remember that one.
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:28:54 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
(Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
To: marshmallow
This is a capital offense case, with a death penalty as a possible result.
Now that the court has unwisely decided to allow Muhammed to represent himself, we have now been set up for a Moussaiou-like trial, with all kinds bizarre statements and ramblings.
He will be convicted, given the death penalty, and be in court for the next twenty years in trials claiming he was insane and couldn't do a decent job of representing himself in court.
We have another Mumia in the making.
This is becoming a circus.
I feel badly for the families of the victims--they have to be put through this circus and they won't receive justice. And if he beats the death penalty in Virginia, he'll get nothing but three squares a day and free medical care for life from Maryland.
Justice is supposed to be blind, not stupid.
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:35:01 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Sound off to your elected reps in DC: Capitol switchboard toll free number 1-800-648-3516.)
To: exit82
This is becoming a circus. Surely you didn't expect anything less, did you?
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:45:00 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Qui docet discit!)
To: marshmallow
Muhammad: I'm denied my constitutional rights Dressed in a suitYeah, well, I'm denied my constitutional rights dressed in a Speedo, but you don't hear me complaining.
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posted on
10/20/2003 1:51:41 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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