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"This artist's rendering shows Zacarias Moussaoui in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, May 4, 2006 during the sentencing of the convicted al-Qaeda conspirator. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
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This artist's rendering shows Rosemary Dillard, who lost her husband Eddie on September 11, 2001, center at podium, speaking to Zacarias Moussaoui, left, as family members of 9/11 victims Lisa Beilke, right, Abraham Scott, second from right, and Lisa Dolan, second from left, listen in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., during the sentencing of the convicted al-Qaeda conspirator Thursday, May 4, 2006. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
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This artist's rendering shows Zacarias Moussaoui, left, his defence team, standing from left, Alan Yamamoto, Anne Chapman, and Gerald Zerken, the prosecution team, seated from left, Robert Spencer, David Raskin, and David Novak, in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., as the sentence for Moussaoui, life in prison, is read, Wednesday, May 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
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This artist's rendering shows Zacarias Moussaoui celebrating as he is taken from the courtroom at U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., after the jury in the sentencing trial of the convicted al-Qaeda conspirator sentenced him to life in prison, Wednesday, May 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
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Alexander and Maureen Santora, right, hold up a photograph of their son Christopher, a firefighter, who died during the Sept. 11 attacks, during a news conference Wednesday May 3, 2006 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Interactive Zacarias Moussaoui Strange twists and turns have punctuated the admitted al Qaeda conspirator's case.
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Who's Who Moussaoui Verdict Reaction to jury's decision to send Zacarias Moussaoui to prison for the rest of his life rather than be put to death.
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Brinkema and the unrepentant Moussaoui capped the two-month trial with an intense exchange that will mark the defendant's last public words before his incarceration.
The prison likely to be Moussaoui's new home is one of the highest maximum-security lockups in the country.
The Administrative Maximum in Florence, Colorado, claims it holds the "most violent, disruptive and escape prone inmates" in the prisons system.
Officials note the $60 million, 490-bed facility hasn't had a single escape or serious attempt since it was built in 1994. The jail already holds about 400 of the highest-risk prisoners.
The prison's more infamous inmates include: Theodore Kaczynski (the "Unabomber"), Richard Reid (the "Shoe Bomber"), Eric Rudolph, who bombed abortion clinics and exploded a bomb in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics, Omar Abdel-Rahman, involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and Terry Nichols, convicted for his involvement in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Cells range from a little more than 76 square feet to a little more than 86 square feet. Each offers a bed, shower, sink, toilet, metal mirror and television or radio.
Jail windows face interior courtyards and offer no view of the outside world.
A day earlier, a jury rejected the government's case to have Moussaoui executed, deciding instead to send him to prison for life without a chance of parole. Not all jurors were convinced that Moussaoui, who was in jail on immigration charges Sept. 11, had a significant part in the attacks, despite his boastful claims that he did.
Brinkema firmly refused to be interrupted by the 37-year-old defendant as she disputed his claim that his life sentence meant America had lost and he had won.
"Mr. Moussaoui, when this proceeding is over, everyone else in this room will leave to see the sun ... hear the birds ... and they can associate with whomever they want," she said.
She went on: "You will spend the rest of your life in a supermax prison. It's absolutely clear who won."
And she said it was proper he will be kept away from outsiders, unable to speak publicly again.Legal Analysis: Jury Hits The Mark
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"Mr. Moussaoui, you came here to be a martyr in a great big bang of glory," she said, "but to paraphrase the poet T.S. Eliot, instead you will die with a whimper."
At that point, Moussaoui tried again to interrupt her, but she raised her voice and spoke over him.
"You will never get a chance to speak again and that's an appropriate ending."
Brinkema sentenced Moussaoui to six life terms without the chance of parole.
She informed him of his right to appeal the sentence and said she would ask his court-appointed lawyers to file the required notice as a precaution before relieving them from the case. "I believe it would be an act of futility," she said of an appeal, "but you do have a right."
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