Moussaoui trial jurors begin deliberations

ZACARIAS Moussaoui’s fate has been placed in the hands of a jury that will decide whether he is executed for his part in the September 11 attacks.

Jurors opened deliberations, after final pleadings from the prosecution to “put an end to his hatred and venom” by opting for execution, and from the defence to spare him the martyr’s death he seeks and send him to prison for life instead.

The jury decided earlier this month that Moussaoui, 37, was responsible for deaths that day even though he was in jail. That qualified him for the death penalty. The question now before jurors is whether he deserves it.