Moussaoui lawyers face uphill battle to save his life

Now that a US jury has delivered a verdict that al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty, his lawyers face an uphill battle as they try to save a client who apparently wants to die.

“I’m glad I’m not writing life insurance on the guy,” Vermont Law School professor Stephen Dycus said after a jury in Alexandria Virginia, opened the door for prosecutors to present gruesome detail on the events of September 11, 2001.