This better not be all....

[war_junky 91]

I was just reading an article on that FAIl christmas day plane bomber and it said this:

Yahoo News

_On Saturday, Dec. 26, federal officials charged Abdulmutallab with trying to destroy the airplane. A conviction on the charge could bring him up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

For one i think the minimum sentence should be twenty years, not maximum. And two they better charge him with 253 counts of attempted murder for every person aboard that plane and i'm pretty sure that number doesn't include airline staff.  

[Man of the Demoneye]

Totally agree. I can see destroying an airplane with no passengers or crew could get 20, but what the hell?!

On a small side note, not to derail the topic, if I was Allah, I would gladly give all terrorists who died their 72 virgins. All fat, smelly, hairy, balding, basement dwelling men.  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

Or something like this.  

[Fresnel]

Requiem in Mortis

Or something like this.

MTG is a card game though...  

[Wiggie]

thats BS the guy should have been in jail for life i mean its been 8 yrs since 9/11 i kno but if people are still letting terrorists off with just this im not surprised they did it in the first place  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Or something like this.

MTG is a card game though...

*points to object flying over your head* See that? That was the joke I was making.  

[Fresnel]

Requiem in Mortis

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Or something like this.

MTG is a card game though...

*points to object flying over your head* See that? That was the joke I was making.

I'm pretty certain that's a sparrow.  

[Requiem ex Inferni]

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Or something like this.

MTG is a card game though...

*points to object flying over your head* See that? That was the joke I was making.

I'm pretty certain that's a sparrow.

African or European?  

[Confectionery Pastry]

Requiem in Mortis

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Or something like this.

MTG is a card game though...

*points to object flying over your head* See that? That was the joke I was making.

I'm pretty certain that's a sparrow.

African or European?

Er, what was it...
WAIT, NO!
-flung into the evil pit of doom that is in that movie, the name of which escapes me-  

[Fresnel]

Requiem in Mortis

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Fresnel

Requiem in Mortis

Or something like this.

MTG is a card game though...

*points to object flying over your head* See that? That was the joke I was making.

I'm pretty certain that's a sparrow.

African or European?

European. I've never seen an African sparrow.  

[OberFeldwebel]

No jail sentence.

We're at war with these ********, so what he did should be seen as a saboteur or something to that effect.

Anyway; out back, gun, bam, dead, done.  

[war_junky 91]

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/January/10-nsd-004.html

Following the Justice Deparment on twitter has its perks. Like this article.

Justice Department

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged today in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Detroit.

Count one of the indictment charges Abdulmutallab with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison. Count two of the indictment charges him with attempted murder within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. Count three of the indictment charges him with willful attempt to destroy or wreck an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.

Count four of the indictment charges Abdulmutallab with willfully placing a destructive device on an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which was likely to endanger the safety of such aircraft. This violation carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. Count five of the indictment charges him with use of a firearm/destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence, which carries a consecutive mandatory 30 years in prison. Count six of the indictment charges the defendant with possession of a firearm/destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence, which carries a consecutive mandatory 30 years in prison

So mandatory 60 years plus three charges of twenty max, another 60 and a life sentence. Sounds fair to me.  

[OberFeldwebel]

war_junky 91

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/January/10-nsd-004.html

Following the Justice Deparment on twitter has its perks. Like this article.

Justice Department

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged today in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Detroit.

Count one of the indictment charges Abdulmutallab with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison. Count two of the indictment charges him with attempted murder within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. Count three of the indictment charges him with willful attempt to destroy or wreck an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.

Count four of the indictment charges Abdulmutallab with willfully placing a destructive device on an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which was likely to endanger the safety of such aircraft. This violation carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. Count five of the indictment charges him with use of a firearm/destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence, which carries a consecutive mandatory 30 years in prison. Count six of the indictment charges the defendant with possession of a firearm/destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence, which carries a consecutive mandatory 30 years in prison

So mandatory 60 years plus three charges of twenty max, another 60 and a life sentence. Sounds fair to me.

Wait...
a pants bomb is a 'weapon of mass destruction'?
...
Um...
wtf?

If they keep redefining s**t there's going to be a lot of trouble.  

[Orkronos]

*ponders for an instant what a late 30s german court would have done*  

[Fresnel]

OberFeldwebel

war_junky 91

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/January/10-nsd-004.html

Following the Justice Deparment on twitter has its perks. Like this article.

Justice Department

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian national, was charged today in a six-count criminal indictment returned in the Eastern District of Michigan for his alleged role in the attempted Christmas day bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Detroit.

Count one of the indictment charges Abdulmutallab with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison. Count two of the indictment charges him with attempted murder within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. Count three of the indictment charges him with willful attempt to destroy or wreck an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.

Count four of the indictment charges Abdulmutallab with willfully placing a destructive device on an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, which was likely to endanger the safety of such aircraft. This violation carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. Count five of the indictment charges him with use of a firearm/destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence, which carries a consecutive mandatory 30 years in prison. Count six of the indictment charges the defendant with possession of a firearm/destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence, which carries a consecutive mandatory 30 years in prison

So mandatory 60 years plus three charges of twenty max, another 60 and a life sentence. Sounds fair to me.

Wait...
a pants bomb is a 'weapon of mass destruction'?
...
Um...
wtf?

If they keep redefining s**t there's going to be a lot of trouble.

*sigh*

I agree that they should slam him with everything they can, but conventional explosives are NOT WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRUCTION. Just slam him with howevermany counts of attempted murder and the other things mentioned above and he's got probably several dozen consecutive life sentences. Not like he needs to be in prison after he's dead.