Posted on 08/23/2013 12:40:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Army Maj. Nidal Hasan was convicted Friday in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a shocking assault against American troops at home by one of their own who said he opened fire on fellow soldiers to protect Muslim insurgents abroad.
A jury of 13 high-ranking military officers reached a unanimous guilty verdict on all charges -- 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder -- in about seven hours. Hasan is now eligible for the death penalty.
Hasan had no visible reaction as the verdict was read. After the jury and Hasan left the courtroom, some victims who survived the shooting and family members began to cry.
The Army psychiatrist acknowledged carrying out the attack in a crowded waiting room where unarmed troops were making final preparations to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. Thirteen people were killed and more than were 30 wounded.
Because Hasan never denied his actions, the court-martial was always less about a conviction than it was about ensuring he received the death penalty. From the beginning of the case, the federal government has sought to execute Hasan, believing that any sentence short of a lethal injection would deprive the military and the families of the dead of the justice they have sought for nearly four years.
In the next phase of the trial, which will begin Monday, jurors must all agree to give Hasan the death penalty before he can be sent to the military's death row, which has just five other prisoners. If they do not agree, the 42-year-old could spend the rest of his life in prison.
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In the next phase of the trial, which will begin Monday, jurors must all agree to give Hasan the death penalty before he can be sent to the military's death row, which has just five other prisoners. If they do not agree, the 42-year-old could spend the rest of his life in prison.
I'll put a nickel on complete agreement.
Did anything happen during the trial to make the Obama administration move away from its classification of the killings as "workplace violence"? Those who were shot by Hasan were victimized twice--once by the jihadist and once by Obama.
Arrows? I guess maybe if he didn’t die within an hour or so of the first arrow another might be necessary... and another... and another...
The Nidal Hassan and Bradley Manning cases have a similarity in that they both involve someone who should not have been in the Army in the first place and certainly should have been discharged after numerous warning signs.
“If they give him the Death Penalty, it remains to be seen which usual suspect is going to fight for it to be overturned...
Name your favorite group ...”
For openers, there is automatic appeal, under the UCMJ or uniform code of military justice, if you want to call rule of law, a “usual suspect.”
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