Never Mind

Zacarias Moussaoui has had a change of heart regarding the guilty plea that landed him a life sentence in prison:

Less than a week after he was jailed for life over the September 11 attacks, Al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui submitted a motion asking to withdraw his guilty plea so he can have a new trial.

"Moussaoui wishes to withdraw his guilty plea because when he entered the plea his 'understanding of the American legal system was completely flawed'," his lawyers said in the motion.

Moussaoui said in an affadavit "I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial" in the United States.

"Even with Americans as jurors," he went on, "I can have the opportunity to prove that I did not have any knowledge of and was not a member of the plot to hijack planes and crash them into buildings on September 11, 2001."

"I wish to withdraw my guilty plea and ask the court for a new trial to prove my innocence of the September 11 plot," he said.

I'm wondering if Zac realized how easy it was to scam jurors in our judicial system, and figures if he plays it right, he can get off completely free next time. After all, all it takes is one to vote not guilty and bingo, hung jury.

It's unknown yet how the court will respond.