Moussaoui wants to withdraw guilty plea

In a very weird move, Zacharias Moussaoui made a motion to withdraw his guilty plea after being sentenced to life in prison for his part in the 9/11 attacks.

Explaining his latest reversal, Moussaoui said in an affidavit:
"I had thought I would be sentenced to death based on the emotions and anger toward me for the deaths on September 11. But after reviewing the jury verdict and reading how the jurors set aside their emotions and disgust for me and focused on the law and the evidence ... I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors."

I suppose some will want to take this at face value, but quite frankly I think he wanted death so that he would be glorified as a martyr for Islam, and is hoping a second trial would find a jury willing to impose execution. Instead, the judge has refused his request, and he is destined for obscurity in the Federal Prison system.