The chilling and inspiring sentencing of the Shoe Bomber

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The chilling and inspiring sentencing of the Shoe Bomber

Posted by William A. Jacobson March 5, 2016 at 10:30am

 

“We are not afraid of any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans.”

 

I had not thought in a long time about Richard Reid, who attempted the shoe bombing of a passenger jet on December 22, 2001.

 

You can read the indictment here, and the government’s sentencing memo here.

I thought about him early this morning when I read an old post of mine from 2011, about his sentencing by Judge William Young of the U.S. District Court in Boston in January 2003.

 

It brings tears to my eyes every time I read it.

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http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/03/remembering-the-chilling-and-inspiring-sentencing-of-the-shoe-bomber/