Posted on 08/23/2013 6:27:42 AM PDT by don-o
FORT HOOD —
Yesterday at about 5:20 p.m. the call came into the media center: the military jury deciding the fate of Maj. Nidal Hasan was ready to reconvene. A group of journalists hastily convened and speed-walked toward the courthouse, about a quarter mile away, anxiously anticipating a verdict.
The atmosphere in the courtroom was heavy: A small group of family members sat quietly as prosecutors stared straight ahead. Hasan stroked his beard and occassionally leaned in to whisper with his lead standby attorney, Lt. Col. Kris Poppe. We sat in near silence for about 15 long minutes.
As we now know, the jurors needed more time to deliberate and had merely reconvened in open court in order to ask for the written statement of officer Mark Todd to be read back to them.
But expectations are high that Day 14 of the Hasan court-martial will indeed bring a verdict. There is no doubt the 13 high-ranking Army officers are taking their duty seriously. They are paying such close attention that yesterday they pointed out a spelling error in a middle name of one of the victims that prosecutors and court officials had overlooked.
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I like the idea of housing hasan and manthing in a small cell.
Fry the bastard
Ooops,sorry about that,I didn't know.Hmmm...the plot thickens.Oh well,guilty times 13.If he gets the DP I'd wager the clothes on my back that Osama Obama will,at the very least,commute that to life.Probably on the morning of 1/20/17.
No. Colombian tie. But I like your idea:-).
what is a Columbian tie?
Columbian tie is where you slit the throat and pull the tongue out through the hole.
That would discourage copycats far more than any prison sentence or even the death penalty.
A “Colombian tie” is a method of execution wherein the victim’s throat is slashed horizontally, with a knife, and his or her tongue is pulled out through the open wound.
Actually, when the jewels are removed, tell him that the virgins won’t find him of much use anymore. Then guillotene him with a blade smeared with lard...
or 72 Virginians.
And, even if he did get the death penalty, it still takes our dear leader to approve the death penalty as he has to sign it as commander in chief does he not? I believe that is the way it used to be under the UCMJ and assume it still does.
Indeed. Might be a sticky wicket for him, eh?
Good.
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