THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ZACARIAS MOUSSA...

World | March 28, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for Zacarias Moussaoui if a jury finds the French citizen guilty of conspiring to kill thousands in the Sept. 11 attacks on America, according to court papers filed on Thursday. In a move sure to spark new criticism from European nations opposed to capital punishment, Attorney General John Ashcroft rejected pleas from the French Justice Ministry not to seek a death sentence for Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States for the Sept. 11 attacks.

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