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Underwear Bomber Fires Attorneys And Wants To Plead Guilty
by Joseph Ernest September 13, 2010
Newscast Media -- The man dubbed the "Underwear Bomber" who was accused of trying to blow up a plane, has fired his attorneys and requested the judge to advise him on the process of pleading guilty to some of the charges being brought against him.
After suspecting that his attorneys did not have his best interest at heart, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab asked US District Court Judge Nancy Edmunds to let him represent himself. Judge Edmunds strongly urged him not to fire his lawyers, but agreed to allow Abdulmutallab's request and will appoint new lawyers to act as consultants to him.
Abdulmutallab asked Judge Edmunds, "If I want to plead guilty to some counts, how would that work?"
The judge told him that a standby lawyer would be available to answer that type of question. Abdulmutallab boarded Northwest Airlines Airbus A330 jet after a long flight from Amsterdam, to Detroit last Christmas with explosives strapped around his reproductive organs, and attempted to set them off but he was subdued by passengers and crew members.
He was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. If found guilty he could face life in prison. Add Comments>>
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