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Judge: Fort Hood suspect's beard disrupts court
Boston Globe ^ | August 22, 2012 | Angela K. Brown

Posted on 08/22/2012 12:05:52 PM PDT by Zakeet

A judge has the right to order an Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage to be forcibly shaved before his murder trial, military attorneys told an appeals court Wednesday.

The attorneys, in a document filed on behalf of Col. Gregory Gross, contend that forcibly shaving Maj. Nidal Hasan would not violate the American-born Muslim’s religious freedoms and said it is similar to ‘‘and no more invasive than’’ a judge’s right to restrain a defendant who is disruptive during a court-martial.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: forthood; hasan; massacre; waronterror
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I have a lawnmower that I'd love to loan them ... and I don't live all that far away!

1 posted on 08/22/2012 12:06:03 PM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Just suffocate him with bacon and get it over with.


2 posted on 08/22/2012 12:09:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Zakeet
About damn time!

Now get on with it - I'll bring the rope!

3 posted on 08/22/2012 12:10:26 PM PDT by grobdriver (Proud Member, Party of No! Nobama, No Way, No How!)
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To: Zakeet

I have an old dull straight razor I’d loan them to dry shave him with.


4 posted on 08/22/2012 12:11:01 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Zakeet

He looks like the Colin Farrel character in “Horrible Bosses!”


5 posted on 08/22/2012 12:13:03 PM PDT by jimmyo57
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To: Zakeet

I’d be willing to bet he has a padded allah rug, a koran and everything else a muzscum needs to bow to his child rapist moHamamadman.


6 posted on 08/22/2012 12:19:52 PM PDT by soycd
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To: soycd

Why isn’t he dead yet?
Day 1: shoot a bunch of people
Day 2: trial
Day 3: dead


7 posted on 08/22/2012 12:21:57 PM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: Zakeet

Wasn’t he in the military when he committed the crime, and the crime was committed on a military base?

Isn’t this a military trial (and if not, why not)?

When you join the military you give up certain rights, like the right to wear a beard at your military trial for murder.


8 posted on 08/22/2012 12:28:49 PM PDT by Brookhaven (Freedom--tastes like chicken)
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To: SandRat

Weed Whacker would be my choice, but only after he was waterboarded a few times to soften it up.


9 posted on 08/22/2012 12:28:49 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Zakeet

This is a military court, right? Seems like they wouldn’t be spooked by a beard.

Try the bearded basturd already and quit messin. If he is guilty, execute his bearded butt.

What the hail is the argument about? Be done with it already.


10 posted on 08/22/2012 12:29:28 PM PDT by Adder (Da bro has GOT to go!)
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The problem is exactly what got him there in the first place... PC fear. The Army is afraid it’ll be un-PC to force shave this clown. They might be insulting Islam if they do.


11 posted on 08/22/2012 12:32:40 PM PDT by Afisra (It's easier to gun proof a child than child proof a gun!)
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To: Zakeet

Since when did the length of a beard delay justice in the United States? More likely army investigators found some very inconvenient facts when searching this 35 year old unmarried man’s computer and apartment It simply will not do for our new gay friendly military to have an open trial before the election.


12 posted on 08/22/2012 12:32:40 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Adder

Speechless. Is there any need for a trial? He was caught in the act and should have been executed right then.


13 posted on 08/22/2012 12:35:47 PM PDT by BOBWADE (RINOs suck)
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“I have a lawnmower that I'd love to loan them ... and I don't live all that far away!”

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I worked for awhile at an old school redline brig in Norfolk, Va. We hand a few that were AWOL and running with the antiwar crowd that didn't feel like shaving, Big mistake, they were clean shaved when we got done. ;^).

14 posted on 08/22/2012 12:37:03 PM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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I have a lawnmower that I'd love to loan them ... and I don't live all that far away!

Nah, a weedwhacker will do

15 posted on 08/22/2012 12:37:11 PM PDT by NRA1995 (I'll cling to my religion, cigars and guns till they're pried from my cold dead fingers!)
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To: Zakeet

Hooray!


16 posted on 08/22/2012 12:40:35 PM PDT by Perkalong
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To: Zakeet

Keep the blades dull. It will take multiple passes to get it scaled down to the skin.


17 posted on 08/22/2012 12:45:56 PM PDT by toolman1401
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To: Afisra

You’re exactly right! He shaved and had a regulation haircut while he was active duty. It’s my understanding that he is still receiving a paycheck from the military, so they need to force him to “earn” that paycheck by obeying orders.


18 posted on 08/22/2012 12:48:57 PM PDT by MomofMarine
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To: Zakeet
Just try him with his beard and add a few extra years to his death penalty for being out of uniform.
19 posted on 08/22/2012 12:57:37 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Recycled Olympic tagline Shut up, Bob Costas. Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!)
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To: MomofMarine

A cigarette lighter works well and very quickly!


20 posted on 08/22/2012 12:59:15 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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