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| | Judge Brinkema alumna profile |
 | | Leonie Brinkema, Cornell J.D. '76, recently made headlines as the judge in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, who on May 4 was convicted of being an accomplice in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. |
 | | Brinkema's words to the defendant following the jury's verdict and prior to sentencing Moussaoui to life imprisonment not only earned her applause from many quarters ("Bravo, Brinkema," wrote the New York Post) but also seemed to capture the sentiments of the public at large. |
 | | I won!" Brinkema, who is a federal judge for the Eastern District of Virginia's district court, responded: "It's quite clear who won yesterday and who lost yesterday. |
| www.news.cornell.edu /stories/May06/Brinkema_profile.lbm.html (694 words) |
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