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Times Square bomber pleads guilty to all counts, including those with mandatory life terms

By Douglas A. Berman

This morning's New York Times has this report, headlined "Guilty Plea in Times Square Bomb Plot," on the latest suprising legal turn in a high-profile terror prosecution.  Here are the particulars: The suspect in the failed Times Square bombing pleaded guilty on Monday, an abrupt and expedited end to a terrorism case that extended to Pakistan and an Islamic militant group there.  The defendant, Faisal Shahzad, 30, listened as each of 10 counts was read to him in Federal District Court in Manhattan, and indicated he understood the charges and penalties he faced. Mr. Shahzad recounted how and why he conceived the plot, traveling to Pakistan last year, joining the Taliban and receiving training in how to construct a bomb.  And despite his admission of guilt and his extended cooperation with the authorities since his arrest, Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).