Moussaoui Gets Life.

Well, thank “God” there was at least one sane person on the jury.

Moments later, Edward Adams, the court spokesman, announced the verdict outside the courthouse and said the 12 jurors "were not unanimous" in favor of a death sentence for Moussaoui, meaning that he automatically gets a life sentence without possibility of parole. He said the verdict does not indicate how many jurors voted for a death sentence and how many opted to keep the defendant in prison.

The decision came after about 41 hours of deliberation over seven days. Nine of the 12 jurors found that Moussaoui's dysfunctional childhood was a "mitigating factor" favoring a life sentence.

The jury as a whole found that prosecutors had failed to prove one of the three key "aggravating factors" that the government said called for Moussaoui's execution: that he committed his crimes in an "especially heinous, cruel or depraved manner." Jurors also declined to find Moussaoui, who was sitting in a jail on Sept. 11, responsible for the nearly 3,000 deaths that day.

At the end of their 42-page verdict form, three jurors wrote in an additional factor in their decision: that Moussaoui "had limited knowledge of the 9/11 attack plans."

This trial has been one of the most Kafkaesque legal fictions that I have every witnessed. It is hopefully a sign that maybe, just maybe, the 9/11 Fever is breaking.

As an agnostic all I can say is Thank “God” or the “Gods.”