Times Square bomber sentenced to life in prison

Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani immigrant who tried to set off a bomb in the busy Times Square in New York City, will die in federal prison after a judge gave the defiant terrorist a life sentence Tuesday.

Shahzad was still fervent in his beliefs during the sentencing.

After being admonished by U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum about whether the Quran wanted him to kill many people, Shahzad told her: "Quran gives us the right to defend. And that's all I'm doing."

Shahzad had taken explosives training in Pakistan, but the bomb he left in an SUV in the busy tourist destination failed to explode.

Federal sentencing guidelines require that a prisoner sentenced to life must serve their sentence until they die, the Associated Press reported.

-- Lance Murray

Comments

[Disenchanted Journo]

This disproves arguments that we can't try some terror, but not all, suspects in traditional federal courts. It's time people start paying attention to the problems and examine the logical options. - http://disenchantedjourno.blogspot.com/2010/10/thought-of-day-i-though-we-couldnt-try.html

[Patriot4America]

This is complete and utter B.S.!!! This guy is as guilty as our CIA Trained Osama Bin Laden. He will get lost in the system and will end up enjoying a long life on a beach some where with all of the money that our shadow governments gave him to stage this terror histeria...The government is trying to create fear in the majority of the public so the will give up their civil liberties for security!! Wake up people!!!!

[Alex4life]

It's people like Patriot4America that make me sick, I wish less people like you existed, spouting out bs you have no knowledge about and further proving a point about how retarded the citizens in our country are.

[Patriot4America]

Alex4Life, If you actually did research you would know what I say is the truth. Unfortunately, your a "Sheeple" a Sheep people, or a Zombie....You recieve all your information from mainstream media without actually doing the hard stuff "RESEARCH"! It's a war on your mind....and your losing apparently!