For the team of three federal prosecutors, pursuing a death sentence against Sept. 11 suspect Zacarias Moussaoui meant convincing a jury that Moussaoui should be executed even though he wasn't directly involved in the attacks. Last week, the government's case was in jeopardy of crumbling midway through the penalty phase of trial after government lawyer Carla Martin allegedly tampered with government witnesses. If the case for death was so convincing, how could her conduct completely blow it apart?
March 21, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Almost from the beginning, the goal was clear: Zacarias Moussaoui must die.
This was the government’s first, and likely only, chance to prosecute a suspect in the Sept. 11 plot in a U.S. court. And from the start, doing so would present a monumental challenge to federal prosecutors. With the world watching, the pressure would be enormous.
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