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Military judge allows Fort Hood shooting suspect to represent himself at upcoming murder trial
wapo ^ | 6/3/13 | ap

Posted on 06/03/2013 11:51:57 AM PDT by ColdOne

FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, meaning he will question the more than two dozen soldiers he’s accused of wounding, a military judge ruled Monday.

Maj. Nidal Hasan’s attorneys will remain on the case but only if he asks for their help, the judge said. Hasan, 42, faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foothoodtrial; forthoodmassacre; islam; muslim; nidalhasan; nidalhasantrial; obamaspeople; rop; terrorism; threatmatrix; trop
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1 posted on 06/03/2013 11:51:57 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

And the circus continues.


2 posted on 06/03/2013 11:52:43 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
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To: ColdOne
Why not leave a rope in his cell.

His only purpose is to have the floor...he can rant and rave until the cows come home and the judge can't do much.

Remember how the court had to restrain Saddam?? Well, we don't do that here.

Be prepared for live prayers to allah...

Title him: "a rug and a rag".

3 posted on 06/03/2013 11:54:40 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne

Proving Lincon’s point...


4 posted on 06/03/2013 11:54:53 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: ColdOne

Give the terrorist an extra 2 years to prepare....


5 posted on 06/03/2013 11:55:13 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: ColdOne

Guranteed that once convicted he will use this as his first grouds for appeal. That’s the whole reason he’s doing it.


6 posted on 06/03/2013 11:56:49 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Give the terrorist an extra 2 years to prepare....

And more time when he appeals his conviction based on incompetent representation.

7 posted on 06/03/2013 11:57:11 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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To: circlecity

You beat me by 22 seconds.


8 posted on 06/03/2013 11:57:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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To: Slings and Arrows

LOL!


9 posted on 06/03/2013 11:58:27 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: ColdOne

Building a case for appeal it seems to me.


10 posted on 06/03/2013 11:59:36 AM PDT by deport
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Let the world see the face of “Workplace Violence”.


11 posted on 06/03/2013 12:00:34 PM PDT by Awgie (truth is always stranger than fiction)
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To: ColdOne

He has a fool for an attorney.


12 posted on 06/03/2013 12:01:42 PM PDT by DonkeyBonker (Hard to paddle against the flow of sewage coming out of the White House.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

It’s funny, but I’m not joking.


13 posted on 06/03/2013 12:02:37 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein)
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To: circlecity

Don’t think it will work:

“She repeatedly urged him to reconsider his request, noting that the lead prosecutor has more than 20 years of experience and that Hasan will be held to the same standards as all attorneys regarding courtroom rules and military law.

“You’ve made that quite clear,” Hasan said after the judge asked if he understood that representing himself was not “a good idea.”

While you are required to have counsel made available to you, you have no legal requirement to accept it.


14 posted on 06/03/2013 12:02:40 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Liberals are like locusts...)
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To: ColdOne
His FIRST witness should be the First IMPOSTOR

“Army Major (Hasan) Played Role in Presidential (Obama) Transition”


15 posted on 06/03/2013 12:03:43 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: ColdOne; LucyT; thouworm; maggief; Myrddin; shibumi; Hardraade; Candor7; Absolutely Nobama; caww; ..
THIS is a huge mistake. Has everyone who holds any supposedly responsible position in America lost their freaking minds? This is a mockery of justice and an affront to the victims he murdered in iced blood. He should have been executed the same day he did it. There is NO damn way to refute his guilt. G-d help us.


16 posted on 06/03/2013 12:04:23 PM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yep, and it’s about to get much worse.


17 posted on 06/03/2013 12:04:48 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: Mr Rogers

Major Hasan continues on full military pay plus benefits.


18 posted on 06/03/2013 12:05:32 PM PDT by Tugo (Never Submit!)
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To: ColdOne; FlingWingFlyer

This is just to abuse the victims for one last time. If he’s representing himself, this means he gets to question the victims, that is, those who survived to be witnesses.

Cruel and unusual punishment - for the victims. But would one expect otherwise in Obama’s Muslim America?


19 posted on 06/03/2013 12:06:11 PM PDT by livius
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To: Tugo

I want to know why nobama hasn’t made this fellow-traveler a Work-Place-Violence czar? Does nobama have to pardon him first...is that the hold-up?


20 posted on 06/03/2013 12:08:15 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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