Posted on 08/20/2013 12:05:39 PM PDT by don-o
The very odd trial of Ft. Hood shooter Nidal Hasan has seen the prosecution hamstrung at every turn, while Hasan merrily goes about prosecuting himself, loudly declaring he’s a jihad killer whose only real regret was not shooting a few more American troops before the cops took him down. Every tidbit of news about this trial is positively surreal.
The final indignity came just before the prosecution rested its case today, as ABC News reports the Army judge “limited prosecutors from introducing evidence, including emails to a known Al Qaeda operative, that would establish accused shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan’s ‘jihadi’ motives.”
The judge’s rulings could inhibit the ability of the victims’ families to claim in a civil suit that the shootings were an act of terror. Federal lawyers involved in the civil suit claim that the people shot during Hasan’s murderous rage were victims of workplace violence, a designation that could sharply limit the damages in a civil suit.
“This is first degree mass murder case and motive is absolutely relevant to prove premeditation,” said Neal Sher, a lawyer representing many of the victims and their family members in a separate civil suit against the government.
Prosecutors have sought to portray Hasan as a Muslim extremist, motivated by Islamist ideology and in touch with known al Qaeda member Anwar Alwaki.
“He didn’t want to deploy and he came to believe he had a jihad duty to murder soldiers,” lead prosecutor Col. Steve Henricks said in his opening statements. He wanted to “kill as many soldiers as he could.”
The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, ruled today that prosecutors could not mention Hasan’s correspondence with Alwaki, an American born al Qaeda recruiter and organizer. Osborn also barred prosecutors from mentioning Hassan’s interest in seeking conscientious objector status
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They are giving them the Purple Shaft.
I heard this on the radio yesterday, and the excuse from the “judge” is the emails would complicate the “duty to assist” defense she had already ruled he can’t use.
Some kind of a fix is in. If you follow the money, it’s easy to conclude this is all being done to screw over the survivors and the families of the dead.
Looks like the fix is in for life in prison, so Obama does not have to sign a death warrant. Too bad for Hasan that Rick Perry is more than happy to do it. The Government forgot to charge for the unborn fetus, so Texas could pick that up and charge him with it.
“Odd” trial? Only if you don’t realize who is sitting in the White House.
I don’t understand why Oslama Bin Bama doesn’t just go ahead and pardon him right now, Their not fooling anyone with the manipulation of evidence in this trial.
jihadi emails are protected. YOUR emails or posts though..
I’ll bet my beard-trimmer that this guy gets 15 years in prison, and in 5 years is set free when the public has already forgotten about this.
Meanwhile the guy who made a dumb video that the 0bama administration chose to blame for the murders in Benghzai sits in prison.
He said he did it. He’s proud of doing it
Trial should be over by now
Hasan should be shot, shoveled and forgotten by now. WTF are we waiting for?
The GD Military leadership in this country, from the very top down is completely complicit in this murder of innocent soldiers and the top 10 need to be put on trial and sentenced to a Firing Squad! Friggin cowards need NO MERCY!
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