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Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan sentenced to death
FOXNEWS ^ | 08/28/13 | foxnews

Posted on 08/28/2013 12:37:01 PM PDT by Doogle

A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death Wednesday for killing 13 people during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood.

Hasan, who sat motionless as the jury president read the verdict, has said he acted to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American aggression, never denied being the gunman. In opening statements, he acknowledged to the jury that he pulled the trigger in a crowded waiting room where troops were getting final medical checkups before deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hasan had one final chance Wednesday to give a closing argument before his case went to the jury, but he declined -- continuing an absent defense that he has used since his trial began three weeks ago.

The Army psychiatrist's behavior has only stoked suspicion that his ultimate goal is martyrdom, in the form of a death sentence that would allow him to fulfill what prosecutors have described as a "jihad duty" under his Islamic faith.

The lead prosecutor, Col. Mike Mulligan, told jurors Wednesday morning that history was full of instances of death in the name of religion. But he said it would be "wrong and unsupportive" to tie Hasan's actions to a wider cause

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To: Doogle

That’s a shame.


21 posted on 08/28/2013 12:46:35 PM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: Izzy Dunne

“Please tell me it won’t be another four freakin’ years... “

I have no idea how long the appeal process will drag on.

The last military execution was 1961.


22 posted on 08/28/2013 12:48:14 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: Doogle

thx


23 posted on 08/28/2013 12:49:46 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Don't blame me for McCain.)
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To: BenLurkin

Isn’t he paralyzed? How about throwing him in his cell with out his wheelchair and let him worry how he gets around?


24 posted on 08/28/2013 12:50:38 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Doogle

at least we can still have some faith in the military justice system

if he was tried in civilian court, he’d already be out and signing book deals while appearing on reality shows next to snoop dog


25 posted on 08/28/2013 12:52:18 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Cheerio; Red Badger; SkyDancer
Can the Mooslum in the White Hut pardon him?

The pardon power of the President is plenary, so the answer is yes. It's worse than that. Under the UCMJ, the President must personally confirm the sentence. Not to worry by the time his conviction winds through it mandatory judicial appeals, President Obama will be on his 12th term.

All death sentences are automatically appealed first to the Court of Criminal Appeals for the military service concerned, then to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. The sentence must be personally confirmed by the President of the United States.

26 posted on 08/28/2013 12:52:40 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: Doogle

No more beating around the bush! “Let’s roll!” Send him back to hell where he came from


27 posted on 08/28/2013 12:53:41 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The time for impeachment has come.)
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To: BenLurkin

” Workplace Death Penalty”


28 posted on 08/28/2013 12:54:20 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: Doogle; HiJinx; ASA Vet; Progov; Seizethecarp; darkwing104; 2ndDivisionVet; LonePalm; ...
First Reaction: YES!!!

Second Reaction: Here come the appeals, the protests, the "Free Nidal" fanboys and fangirls, and the T-shirt franchise for the legal defense fund.

This man will never die.

29 posted on 08/28/2013 12:54:21 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: Doogle

That’s what he wanted so he can get the 72 virgins. why give him what he wants? but if they are going to do that, pour pig blood all over him and hang him, hang him high!


30 posted on 08/28/2013 12:55:04 PM PDT by jrd (All federal acts,laws,orders,rules regulations regarding firearms, infringe the 2 amendment)
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To: boomop1

Firing Squad. No announcement, no press, just do it.

Then disappear his body like bin ladin’s — and report that only, after all is done.


31 posted on 08/28/2013 12:57:30 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob ( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Oh, I want to see that - which Powers Boothe pic?


32 posted on 08/28/2013 12:58:08 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Whoops, disregard, it’s been done.


33 posted on 08/28/2013 12:59:11 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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To: Old Sarge

Here is what I posted earlier:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3059873/posts?page=94#94

No, just rename an artillery or tank range impact area as Nidal Hasan Impact area and put his @@$ out there in his wheelchair.


34 posted on 08/28/2013 1:01:03 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: jrd

Not exactly the virgins you expected, Major?

35 posted on 08/28/2013 1:01:07 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Doogle
Just a thought...

I hope some enterprising young sailor on the carrier that dumped bin Laden into the sea, put some pork rinds in with the remains.

5.56mm

36 posted on 08/28/2013 1:01:12 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Old Sarge

Stick him in a pork-lined cell.


37 posted on 08/28/2013 1:01:52 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Doogle

THANK YOU!

Make sure he gets death by burning with bacon grease.


38 posted on 08/28/2013 1:02:39 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: max americana

pig stampede


39 posted on 08/28/2013 1:05:13 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Kaslin
Isn’t he paralyzed? How about throwing him in his cell with out his wheelchair and let him worry how he gets around?

Take away his Depends in the meantime.

40 posted on 08/28/2013 1:06:05 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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