Moussaoui jurors moved by evidence of deprived childhood
After listening to six weeks of argument, tears and revelations, more of the jurors who spared Zacarias Moussaoui’s life were moved by the al-Qaida conspirator’s turbulent, deprived childhood than by claims that he was a delusional psychotic seeking martyrdom.
In rejecting execution for life behind bars yesterday, some of the nine men and three women, drawn from the suburbs of the nation’s capitol near the terrorist-targeted Pentagon, also seemed to be swayed by the limits of his role in the deadliest terror attacks in US history.
