Life in Prison: Terrorist Gets Max Sentence for Attempted Times Square Bombing

A Manhattan judge sentenced Muslim extremist Faisal Shahzad to life in prison Tuesday for his botched attempt to detonate a car bomb in New York’s Times Square earlier this year.  In response, the 31-year-old Pakistani-American warned America, “brace yourself, the war with Muslims has just begun.”

U.S. District Judge Miriam Cedarbaum sentenced Shahzad to the mandatory sentence of life in prison after noting how the defendant failed to show any sign of remorse for his action.  ”The defeat of the U.S. is imminent, inshallah (God willing),” Shahzad reportedly said during sentencing.

According to reports from the 14th-floor Manhattan courtroom, Shahzad implored witnesses in the courtroom to embrace Islam and claimed Muslims were defending their people and their lands.  If that makes them terrorists, he said, “then we will terrorize you.”

When Judge Cedarbaum reminded Shahzad he had sworn to defend Americans when he became a naturalized citizen, he defiantly replied, “I swore, but I didn’t mean it.”

In a statement from the White House, spokesman Nick Shapiro said the administration was “pleased” with the news of Shahzad’s sentence.  ”His trial served no propaganda purpose for al Qaeda, and only underscored the strength of our justice system. The case shows once again how our values and the rule of law can keep us safe against those determined to do us harm on behalf of terrorist organizations overseas.”

Comments (43)

  • heavyduty
    Posted on October 6, 2010 at 4:34pm

    Well what do you expect when he clearly doesn’t care about life. But as for punishment, I would take him and his vehicle out into the desert. Put him behind the wheel sitting on a deadman’s switch. Let him blow himself up. This way he gets his wish, except he won’t be able to hurt anyone but himself. I don’t know what happens to them that fail to kill the infidels when they explode prematurely. Do they forfeit their virgins or something. There would be no coverage of the explosion just him and his vehicle out in the desert.

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  • Verum Ad Potentia
    Posted on October 6, 2010 at 4:17pm

    This man was an American Citizen. As such he should have been charged with Treason during a time of war and exicuted by fireing-squad.

    “The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offence is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.”
    http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/t103.htm

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  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on October 6, 2010 at 9:04am

    Great, sentenced a lifetime of jail-house dawah ,converting malcontents to jihad .

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  • Claude
    Posted on October 6, 2010 at 7:38am

    This is the perfect example of why the death penalty should’ve been applied. No remorse, would do it again and again, he will infect people in prison with his hatred. There should be no remorse in ridding society of someone as poisonous as this man is.

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  • Dustyn
    Posted on October 6, 2010 at 2:46am

    The only thing that bothers me is thinking about the money we will have to spend on this terrorist feeding and housing him for the rest of his life.

    And let’s not forget that we will also be paying his medical bills, as well as any legal bills he may run up at any time during his incarceration.

    I just hope he gets general population so his time will be shortened.

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  • PaleRyder
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 11:43pm

    He will be joined by many ex-politicians very shortly.

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  • RobertCA
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 11:15pm

    I have a problem with the verdict cause we’re gonna end paying for his food & drinks & his medical care , just kill him & we’re done & trust me he won’t end up with the virgins he will rot in hell .

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    • aslocumb
      Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:09am

      I couldn’t have said better myself. Before they inject him though, they need to get a group of good ole boys to beat the mess out him first. He needs a good American *** whippin’! Then kill him.

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  • hucksqr
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:05pm

    There won’t be much done to protect this guy. He’s going to have a huge target on him when he enters the penal system. He’s also not demagraphically the type of person that is going to do well in prison. COs will be slow to come to his help, and even if they put him in isolation, if another prisoner or 6 want to get to him, they will find a way. Just ask that priest that was killed in jail that had been molesting children. he was in a PCU also if I remember right, and it certainly did not save him.
    To me, refusing him PCU, putting him in general population, would be the best way to deal with him. Make it so he lives or dies on his own merits in prison. He deserves no protections from We the People, as he has already stated he lied when he gave his Oath of Citizenship to us. What happens to him in prison is no longer my concern, nor the concern of others. He will live the rest of his life out with his Karma. He’s lucky, if I had access to him in prison, I would sit on his chest, and force pork, preferrably raw.

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 9:55pm

    i think public beheadings of islamic terrorists would send such a better message than life in prison.—sure, it would be a departure from our normal procedings (civilian court/rule of law etc) but as long as we’re worried about “perception in the middle east”–let’s, at least, start talking in their language and using their same actions. how else can we “dialogue”———oh, and while we’re at it, lets make clear our intent to NUKE mecca upon any nuclear attack against us. that will put some ice in their pants.——– just an idea. planting a seed. grow….

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    • Deutscher
      Posted on October 6, 2010 at 3:49am

      Surlely you don’t think we should threaten Saudi Arabia with attack if we are attacked( I’m not sure who you think has a nuke to hit us with anyway). That would not be a very smart course of action.

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 9:15pm

    glad he at least gets life would like to think he will be put in general population so he can be someones friend but the government will protect him.. I hope it takes him 75 years to rot in prison with Obamacare they will give him the best medical care around and keep him alive.. just you wait and see

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  • Soldier1981
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:56pm

    Where are the celebrities now? They all seemed so enraged about a mere threat to burn the Koran, yet nobody is the least bit surprised by an act that well could have made Shahzad the “biggest individual mass-murderer” ever.

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  • faktchekr
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:54pm

    awe gee…too bad he didn’t do his dirty deed in Texas where he could get to his “virgins” a good bit sooner…coward…all these bombers are cowards…it’s easy to kill civilians using a bomb…I’d like to see him fight a US Marine…fascist piece of crap.

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  • Sunnyr
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:27pm

    I hope this punk-ass PUKE dies in prison!

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    • JohnLocke
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 11:33pm

      That’s the plan. Leave it to sympathetics, though, to get him out early.

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  • Ironmaan
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:19pm

    HOW TO STOP ISLAMIC TERRORISTS . . . it worked once in our History . . .

    Once in US history an episode of Islamic terrorism was very quickly stopped. It happened in the Philippines about 1911, when Gen. John J. Pershing was in command of the garrison. There had been numerous Islamic terrorist attacks, so “Black Jack” told his boys to catch the perps and teach them a lesson.

    Forced to dig their own graves, the terrorists were all tied to posts, execution style. The US soldiers then brought in pigs and slaughtered them, rubbing their bullets in the blood and fat. Thus, the terrorists were terrorized; they saw that they would be contaminated with hogs’ blood. This would mean that they could not enter Heaven, even if they died as terrorist martyrs.

    All but one was shot, their bodies dumped into the grave, and the hog guts dumped atop the bodies. The lone survivor was allowed to escape back to the terrorist camp and tell his brethren what happened to the others. This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.

    Pointing a gun into the face of Islamic terrorists won’t make them flinch. They welcome the chance to die for Allah. Like Gen. Pershing, we must show them that they won’t get to Muslim heaven (which they believe has an endless supply of virgins) but instead will die with the hated pigs of the devil.

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  • americansfightingforcommonsense
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:10pm

    That’s exactly what I was thinking Ruler4you! It’s just a matter of time before President Obama sends the man a pardon. Maybe Jan. of 2013 as he is on his way out. Much like Clinton did. Pardons for all his friends and especially enemies of the state.

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  • Miami Bob
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:05pm

    Why didn’t the courts life sentence end with the wording “without any possibility of parole”.. Does this mean the dirt bag can eventually get out after twenty or so years???

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  • Ruler4You
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:57pm

    You can bet that a deal much like the one for the terrorist that was being held in ‘Scotland’ and released to Libya (the inmate’ “life” sentence was ‘commuted’ for “health reasons”, and was supposed to be ‘dead’ in 3 months) is already in the mix.

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    • pickup1988
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:59pm

      Last time I checked, we weren’t Scotland.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:10pm

      PICKUP, Just to clarify your very insightful position: Are you supporting or refuting that Mr. Shahzad should, at any time in the future, be released alive (from United Stated custody) for any reason whatsoever?

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    • pickup1988
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:31pm

      Absolutely not. Prison is where he belongs.

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  • Ellie
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:55pm

    Okay, so, this guy is a U.S. citizen, he swore to uphold the Constitution and to not hold allegiance to other countries yet he took money from foreign persons to commit a terrorist act against the country he swore to protect.

    How is this guy (and any other citizen-terrorists) not get charged with treason and thus be subject to the death penalty?

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    • HEARDENOUGHCRAP
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:18pm

      Life without parole may be a little costly, but we don’t want to martyr the jerk. Just let him stew for the rest of his life……and make a whole bunch of new little friends. I’ve heard recently about some sects of muslim men that just LOVE little boys. Shahzad needs to “relive” his childhood……and he will!!

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  • pickup1988
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:51pm

    Wow, Republicans sure didn’t say much about the resilience of the American justice system today. This is a win for America.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:59pm

      PICKUP, How about we give you another shot at constructing a coherent (that means understandable) thought? Ready…..Go.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:16pm

      Exactly the reason why Barack Hussein Obama Jr uses the teleprompter.

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    • pickup1988
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:36pm

      Do you know what coherent means? Or was it the word resilience that confused you? The statement was pretty clear if you speak English and given that this is America its probably a good idea that you do. I said Republicans were silent on praising the American justice system today for putting this terrorist behind bars where he belongs… and I simply wondered why…. hmmm. You don’t think it has anything to do with their objections to the Constitution, do you? Only reason I ask is because I remember hearing a lot of commotion from them last year over putting terrorists in court.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 9:18pm

      PICKUP, Nope, you still aren’t “coherent”, sorry. No doubt, you are making implication to the Jose Padilla case, which, probably to your surprise, ended in the lawful conviction of Mr. Padilla in August, 2007 on harges as an “Enemy Combatant”. Keep on searching for that proof you so desperately desire on behalf of our enemies, though. In both cases, justice, by due process, was done. One on “Republican’s“ watch and one one ”Yours”.

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 9:21pm

      Pickup…terrorists captured on the battlefield (and who are not American citizens) should not be entered into our civilian court system for reasons that are obvious to any clear thinking person. Even Mr. Holder and your hero Obama now realizes the flaw in your thinking, otherwise gitmo would be empty.

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  • Petire
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:50pm

    serves him right…
    earned every year

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  • Ironmaan
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:49pm

    I’m happy with the verdict. It makes me smile to know he will rot in jail. He wont be having any virgins in this life or the next.

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    • RKade
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 8:36pm

      Excellent point he will not be made a martyr by a death penalty.

      I would also put him in Total Isolation.

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    • HEARDENOUGHCRAP
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:11pm

      NOT ISOLATION!!!!! That would deprive Bubba of his little playmate!! I’m sure he and Bubba will get along just fine…….Bubba likes virgins too…..but I’m sure he will settle for his little friend Faisal!!

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  • broker0101
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:47pm

    Dear Mr. Shahzad,
    I’d like you to meet Bubba. You may want to try not to stare at the tattoos that cover every visible inch of his skin. Bubba is a 350 lb. convicted murderer and white supremacist with whom you’ll be sharing a cell for the next….couple days…..

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:45pm

    Not all muslims are terrorist, however, all middle eastern terrorist are muslim.

    This past June, the FBI recreated Faisal Shahzad’s bomb to its’ specifications and exploded it outside Harrisburg, Pa., to test its destructive force. The results of the explosive test showed Faisal Shahzad was on track to becoming the biggest individual mass murderer in US history.

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  • Living In NYC
    Posted on October 5, 2010 at 7:43pm

    It wasn’t enough, Shahzad laughed at the judge and the court!

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    • FreedomOfSpeech
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:18pm

      These clowns shouldn’t be allowed to read their manifestos on the way out the door. I hope someone sends this guy to see his 72 virgins real soon.

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    • staythecourse
      Posted on October 5, 2010 at 10:48pm

      Didn’t that “whitehouse spokesman” hear what was said? Just what part of “brace yourself, the war with Muslims has just begun.” does the Whitehouse not understand?

      Oh, and he’ll probably get his law degree while in prison.

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    • RONALDREAGAN1980
      Posted on October 6, 2010 at 7:40am

      They should send this lowlife down here to a prison in texas, and see what happens when he’s out in the exercise yard when the guards are conveniently looking at something else.

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    • jzs
      Posted on October 6, 2010 at 9:14am

      None of this would have happened if the guy had been tried in a military court.

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