The trial of Zacarias Moussaoui has been thrown into turmoil after a federal judge delayed the sentencing trial after it was revealed a government lawyer had violated court rules by improperly coaching government witnesses. Moussaoui has already plead guilty but now a jury is deciding whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The government no longer argues Moussaoui was meant to be the 20th hijacker but they claim the Sept. 11 attacks could have been prevented if Moussaoui had told police about the imminent attack when he was arrested on August 16, 2001. On Monday the Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema threatened to end the trial because of the government’s mishandling of the case. From the bench, Judge Brinkema said “In all the years I have been on the bench I have never seen such an egregious violation of the court’s rules on witnesses. This is the second significant error by the government affecting the constitutional rights of this defendant. More importantly it affects the integrity of the criminal justice system of the United States.”