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| Moussaoui loses 9/11 appeal case | Moussaoui loses 9/11 appeal case |
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| A US appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. | A US appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. |
| The only person charged in the US over the attacks, Moussaoui had originally pleaded guilty to conspiracy. | The only person charged in the US over the attacks, Moussaoui had originally pleaded guilty to conspiracy. |
| In 2005 he was sentenced to life in prison for his role in planning the attacks that killed nearly 3,000. | In 2005 he was sentenced to life in prison for his role in planning the attacks that killed nearly 3,000. |
| The appeals court in Virginia rejected his claim his conviction was invalid as the government had failed to provide evidence he could have used in defence. | The appeals court in Virginia rejected his claim his conviction was invalid as the government had failed to provide evidence he could have used in defence. |
| "Moussaoui challenges the validity of his guilty plea and his sentences" on the various counts, the three-judge panel said in its ruling. | "Moussaoui challenges the validity of his guilty plea and his sentences" on the various counts, the three-judge panel said in its ruling. |
| "We affirm Moussaoui's convictions and sentences in their entirety." | "We affirm Moussaoui's convictions and sentences in their entirety." |
| Moussaoui is currently serving his life sentence in a super-maximum federal security prison in Colorado. | |
| At his original trial, he had testified that his role was to hijack a fifth plane and crash it into the White House. | |
| But, after suspicions were raised by an instructor at a Minnesota flight school, he was arrested several weeks before the attacks. | |
| During the trial, the jury in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Moussaoui's lies to US investigators after he was arrested led directly to at least one death on 9/11. |