Moussaoui jury deliberates

By Lyle Denniston
on Mar 30, 2006 at 3:21 pm

The federal court jury in the death penalty proceeding against convicted terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is in its second day of deliberations. The jury at this stage is considering only whether Moussaoui is eligible for a possible death sentence. If it finds that he is, the case will then proceed, with further evidence, to the issue of whether a death sentence should actually be imposed.

Here is the verdict form the jury will be using, posing the conclusions that the jury must reach unanimously in order to find him eligible for a death sentence on any of the three counts to which he pleaded guilty and that carry a potential death sentence.

If the jury concludes that Moussaoui is not eligible for the death sentence on any count, he will then be sentenced to life in prison without parole. He pleaded guilty in April 2005 to six conspiracy counts.