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1 posted on 11/09/2009 4:08:49 PM PST by LA Woman3
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To: LA Woman3

Ugh. I’d rather clean a port-a-potty with my tongue than represent that SOB.


2 posted on 11/09/2009 4:11:28 PM PST by Julia H. (Freedom of speech and freedom from criticism are mutually exclusive.)
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To: LA Woman3

I hope he ‘defends’ him all the way to the gas chamber.


3 posted on 11/09/2009 4:11:32 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 292 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: LA Woman3

what’s with the continuing use of “SUSPECTED” ????


4 posted on 11/09/2009 4:12:13 PM PST by stylin19a
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To: LA Woman3
Unless I've very much underestimated the Officer Corps of today's Army the “jurors” who hear this case won't fall for a minute for any...”my client's a victim”...”it's the Army's fault”...”it's the fault of US foreign policy”...crapola.
5 posted on 11/09/2009 4:12:36 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: LA Woman3

Why does this asshat have to be present when the terrorist murderer is questioned? He hasn’t even been charged and it’s not known whether tried in military or civilian court. At any rate, he belongs at Gitmo, unless some hero pulls the plug on him in the hospital.


8 posted on 11/09/2009 4:15:43 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Got jihad? "I'd like to give a shout out to ALLAH!!" N. M. Hasan, 11/05/09)
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“Galligan questions whether Hasan could get a fair trial anywhere, given the widespread attention to the case.”

Actually, given the widespread attention to the case he’s GUARANTEED a fair trial.


9 posted on 11/09/2009 4:16:14 PM PST by Jeb21 (www.jewsagainstobama.com)
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To: LA Woman3

Colonel (ret) John P. Galligan ("JP")

Colonel John Galligan retired from the US Army in June 2001.

At the time of his retirement, he was serving as the Chief Circuit Judge, 3rd Judicial Circuit, Fort Hood, Texas.

Born in 1949 at Fort Bliss, El Paso,Texas, Colonel Galligan spent his childhood as a military dependant, accompanying his parents on remote military assignments to Fort Churchill,Canada, Taipel, Formosa, and Istanbut, Turkey.

Upon Graduating from Georgetown University ( school of Foreign Service) in Washington,DC, in 1971, Colonel Galligan was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the military intelligence branch.

To fulfill his regular Army commission responsibilities, he served as a combat arms officer in the infantry branch,initially as a platoon leader and later as a company executive officer and the Brigade Courts and Boards Officer, with the 41st infantry, Combat Developments Experimentation Command, Fort Ord, California.

Selected for the US Army Excess Leave Program in 1973, Colonel Galligan received his J.D. (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Puerto Rico in 1976. From 1976-1979, he served as a Defense Counsel and later as a Trial Counsel in the 1st Armored DIvision, Federal Republic of Germany. From 1979 until 1981, Colonel Galligan served as an Appellate Counsel with the Government Appellate Division, US Army Legal Services Agency, representing the government in cases before the US Army Court of Military Review and the Court of Army Appeals.

 After completing the Graduate Course at the Judge Advocate General's School in Charlottesville, Virginia, Colonel Galligan was selected to assist in developing the Trial Counsel Assistance Program, designed to assist military prosecutors in developing trial advocacy skills.

Colonel Galligan twice served in the US Army Litigation Division, First as a Branch Chief from 1988 until 1991 and later as the Division Chief from 1992 until 1994. He had two tours with the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, first as the Dupty Staff Judge Advocate from 1985 until 1988 and as the Staff Judge Advocate from 1991 until 1992. From 1992 until 1994, Colonel Galligan served as the Staff Judge Advocate, US Army South, in Panama.

 In 1997, he assumed duties as a Ciucuit Judge at Fort Hood and , in 1999, took over responsibilities as the Chief Circuit Judge for the third Judicial Circuit, one of the largest and busiest jurisdictions in the Army.

In 1983, Colonel Galligan was selected to participate as a member of a Judicial Reform Assessment Team, Coordinated by the US Department of State, to consult with high level governmental officials and members of the legal community in El Salvador and Honduras on issues related to legal reform, with particular emphasis on the area of criminal prosecution and military justice. In 1999, he participated as an instructor with a DILLS team dispatched to Bogota, Columbia, to perform similar functions.

Colonel Galligan is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Washington, DC. and Texas. He is admitted to the highest courts in those jurisdictions. as well as being a member before the United States Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Claims Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. He served as the Vice- Chair and later as the Chair for the Military Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.

In addition to the usual Basic and Advanced Courses for his Branch, Colonel Galligan is a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College (1985) and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces ( 1995).

His Medal ( with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters), and the Legion of Merit ( with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters.

Colonel Galligan's hobbies are reading , Sailing, and Music. He has played the Cello since the age of  five and , as a teenager, was awarded various State and National Music Scholarships.

He actively participated as a Cellist in various amateur orchestras, instanbul Amateur Symphony, McLean Orchestra, McLean Symphony, as well as with local Orchestra groups during his assignment to Fort Hood in 1991- 1992.

Colonel Galligan is a former member of the Belton Chapter of Rotary Club International, Following Retirement from the US Army, He established a private Law Practice in downtown Belton.

Colonel Galligan is married to the former Harriett Mechiko Despretter (" Harr"). Their sons, Michael and Timothy, reside in California.   

 


18 posted on 11/09/2009 4:24:12 PM PST by deport
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To: LA Woman3

Was David Van Os unavailable?


24 posted on 11/09/2009 4:36:09 PM PST by mylife
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To: LA Woman3
Galligan has represented soldiers in other high-profile cases.

In other words it's all about Galligan and his 15 minutes.

He said his main concern now is that Hasan gets adequate medical care.

Any concern with the dead and wounded? Any concern with those left without mothers, fathers, sons and daughters?

28 posted on 11/09/2009 4:41:40 PM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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The guy was caught in the act of shooting people, he shot one cop who was trying to stop him and tried to shoot the one who did stop him but he is still referred to as the “suspected” shooter or the “alleged” shooter. The MSM should have their butts whipped daily.


32 posted on 11/09/2009 4:47:26 PM PST by calex59
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To: LA Woman3

codered.

33 posted on 11/09/2009 4:49:17 PM PST by Foolsgold ("We live in the greatest country in the world and I am going to change it" Barry O'boomarang 2008)
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Pssss, I have an idea for Hasan.

Ask to see Obama’s birth certificate before you get executed. He is your CIC.


36 posted on 11/09/2009 4:58:13 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: McLynnan; All
Will Galligan use the contagious PTSD defense??

New law allows for veterans' courts

Posted: Jul 29, 2009 4:46 PM CDT
Updated: July 30, 2009 07:20 AM CDT

by Sara Talbert

BELTON - A new law allows counties to set up veterans' courts, which would be designated for soldiers and veterans who have gotten into trouble with the law and who have also returned from a deployment suffering from psychiatric problems.

But even with the largest military installation in the world in their backyard, Bell County officials say it's not necessary.

But, Bell County defense attorney John Galligan disagrees.

"In the last two months, I've completed two aggravated assault with deadly weapon cases from soldiers at Fort Hood, both of whom returned from a deployed environment with PTSD and traumatic brain injury and on a whole range of drugs. They were on so many drugs it made them look like a walking Walgreens," said Galligan.

Both of those soldiers faced second degree felonies and jail time. Galligan says with a veterans' court, a judge could take in to consideration the mental diagnosis of the soldiers.

Bell County Commissioner Tim Brown says however, the law doesn't really apply to Bell County.

"Frankly, I think it's a silly bill. The only way we'd create a court of this sort would be if we were being overwhelmed by an inordinate number of these cases," said Brown, who added that is simply not the case. He says the judicial system already in place in Bell County works to meets soldier's needs.

"The judges have that discretion, that's why I say it's not something new," said Brown.

"They speak like there's not need for it? It's money," argued Galligan.

But that is something Brown doesn't deny. Up to a $1,000 fine could be handed down to the defendant; that money then used to help cover the costs of the court.

"Sounds good. But the truth of the matter is so many of these folks who are moving through the criminal justice system are economically challenged to begin with," said Brown.

News Channel 25 did try to get specific numbers from the Bell County District Attorney's office Wednesday concerning the number of cases involving soldiers with PTSD. The numbers were not readily available.

LINK
46 posted on 11/09/2009 5:17:50 PM PST by LA Woman3
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Is that legal? I thought a military person would have a current military lawyer.


52 posted on 11/09/2009 5:41:39 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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He said his main concern now is that Hasan gets adequate medical care.

I guess he isn't for Pelosi-care.

55 posted on 11/09/2009 5:52:28 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
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He said his main concern now is that Hasan gets adequate medical care.

Well that's nice.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

56 posted on 11/09/2009 6:34:02 PM PST by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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