Sudden Jihadi at UNC Pleads Guilty, Religion and Motive a Mystery to Some Media

Conveniently omitted from this local account is the M word.

Hmm, I wonder why?

Mohammed Taheri-Azar pleaded guilty this morning to nine counts of attempted first-degree murder charges stemming from a March 2006 incident in which he drove a rented SUV into a crowd of people on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

As part of a plea bargain, prosecutors dropped nine counts of aggravated felonious assault charges.

According to a plea transcript, Superior Court Judge Carl Fox indicated in a pre-trial conference with attorneys that he would be willing to consolidate the nine charges into two attempted murder charges for sentencing purposes.

Taheri-Azar will likely face 21 to 33 years in prison. Fox scheduled his sentencing for Aug. 26 at 9:30 a.m.

Because Taheri-Azar has been unpredictable with his legal representation, Woodall wanted to separate the sentencing from this hearing so victims could be sure Taheri-Azar was going to plead guilty before arranging their schedules to appear in court.

At least the Associated Press avoids censoring the reason why this maniac is pleading guilty.

Mohammed Taheri-Azar entered the plea Tuesday morning. He was originally charged with nine counts of attempted murder and nine counts of felonious assault in connection with the March 3, 2006 attack. As part of his plea, the assault charges were dismissed.

At the time, Taheri-Azar said his motive was to avenge Muslim deaths around the world.