Guranteed that once convicted he will use this as his first grouds for appeal. That’s the whole reason he’s doing it.
You beat me by 22 seconds.
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.
At least the Army has ruled he can’t plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.
Some “jihadi”. Hasan is determined to go on living by any & all means available in the military justice system. And when the court martial finally commences, he will rant Islam and mock his victims and it all goes into the record of trial for all time.
Meanwhile, there is no justice for his victims or their families. No Purple Heart nor benefits for those who bear the burden of the Army’s blinkered devotion to pro-Muslim PC.
This will drag on for years and years.