Fort Hood Shooting Suspect to Face Death Penalty
- Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:16pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
FORT WORTH, Texas (The Blaze/AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood rampage will be tried in a military court and face the death penalty, the commanding general for the Texas military post announced Wednesday.
Maj. Nidal Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 shooting spree at the Texas Army post.
It was not immediately clear when Hasan will be arraigned in a Fort Hood courtroom. He must plead not guilty based on the nature of the case, according to military law.
Hasan’s lead attorney, John Galligan, had urged the commanding general not to seek the death penalty, saying such cases were more costly, time-consuming and restrictive. In cases where death is not a punishment option for military jurors, soldiers convicted of capital murder are automatically sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
“I believe the Army as an institution has long been planning to go this route,” Galligan told The Associated Press on Wednesday from his office near Fort Hood, about 125 miles south of Fort Worth. CNN has more:
Galligan also has repeatedly has complained that he and his client have been denied full details of what U.S. intelligence agencies knew about Hasan’s contacts with overseas terrorists, including Anwar al-Alwaki, now believed to be in Yemen and the target of American drone attacks.
Two Army colonels who reviewed the case previously recommended that Hasan be tried in a military court and face the death penalty.
Galligan has declined to say whether he is considering an insanity defense for his client.
Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by police on the day of the rampage. He remains in the Bell County Jail, which houses defendants for nearby Fort Hood.
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Comments (112)
palmettopalflorida
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:40pmAs much as I know that he has earned himself a death penalty, preferably by stoning (Giving all due respect to his vile belief system.), something within me finds life in prison without the chance for parole, lying on his back to be left with his miserable thoughts a reasonable form of justice. On the other hand I may have just lost my own sanity, and clarity of thought, for a moment. So let’s roll with the Court Martial and execute this despicable creature.
Report Post »doglady
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:39pmI volunteer for the firing squad!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:37pmStand this creep up against a wall and shoot him! Be sure to film it and send the video to YouTube!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:35pm.
Report Post »Dig a hole somewhere kneel him in front, then 2 to back of the head, cover him up and forget…..
discus02
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:34pmDrown him in pigs blood. No 72 year old virgins for him or is it 72 virgins.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:34pmtoo bad it wont be a televised death by firing squad. have fun in the lake of fire buddy.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:32pmAs a foreign agent from Remulac, was he allowed to speak with his Conehead overlords after his arrest?
Report Post »WINEARTMAN
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:29pmWhy is he (and many other murderers) still alive?
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:29pmHang ‘em High. Need the Clint Eastwood music right about now.
Report Post »LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:29pmMay all his Virgins be Supremely Ugly and have BO!!!!!!
Report Post »ENTITLEMENTSBLOW
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:28pmShoot him the same way he took innocent lives. Just shoot him already. Wouldnt it be nice if your punishment for a crime was the crime you committed?
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:28pmThe death penalty for exceading the bag limit, if he had just stoped at 12 he would have been spared the death penalty. he just got greedy
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:28pmWait until the liberal media gets on this story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn__rVWG65A
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:44pmI agree….we haven’t heard from Eric Holder and the Justice Dept yet.
Report Post »pepper1217
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:26pmHasan should also be charged with treason. The death penalty is completely appropriate.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:26pmLet justice be done fairly and equitably in this case.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:25pmDip the bullets in pig blood, and let him know it.
Report Post »JohnBirch
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:25pmLight him up!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:24pmDamn it; all that medical help he received and now we get to pay for his death. Uggg. Well, that’s life in 2011, I guess.
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:22pmI say let him live pooping on himself and unable to walk for the rest of his miserable life. Death is too easy, and too good, for him.
Report Post »SoCalWalt
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:20pmAm I missing something? It‘s inconceivable he WOULDN’T face the death penalty!
Report Post »npbreakthrough
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:19pmLoser
Report Post »Jediusetheforce
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:18pmDeath penalty probably not. Insanity will rule this country.
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:18pmexterminate exterminate exterminate…..
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 3:38pmHe was in the belly of the beast; as their pyschiatrist he heard them tell of how they murdered men women and children and there only regret was they didn’t have a green light to nuke the place. He was not a sleeeper cell but like Mcveigh was politicized by the army.He realized the war was unjust from hearing tales of mass murder and torture of the people of iraq and afghanistan, spoke out publicaly against it, and was punished for speaking out against it by being mandated to go there.That is when he massacred the soldiers[three days after being forced to go to ft.hood to be deployed]..it was an act of revenge for being retaliated against by his superiors for speaking out against the unjust wars and he came to see those soldiers as killers of innocent iraqis and afghans.hence he believed he was an independence fighter killing the murderous americans before they killed more iraqis[or afghans]or avenging the murder of innocent iraqis and afghans.he believed americans wanted to kill all muslims because that is what they told him as their pysciatrist. he snapped.He really did have PTSD in that he repeatedly heard stories of murder ,torture and the desire to kill all muslims.It was the reverse of political correctness;he was punished for his objections and his take on the wars and his publicaly speaking out-the opposite of the sleeper cell media false narrative[.They retaliated by ordering him to go to the war zone wheafter he publicaly denounced the wars.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:18pmsend him to his 72 virgins,
Report Post »satostud
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:09pmthats what i say, fry his butt with bacon fat
Report Post »kindling
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:37pmvirgin piglets?
Report Post »kindling
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:39pmHe will get 72 virgin piglets.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:17pmBring in the Anthony jury & he’ll be free to go .
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:26pmWho wants to bet that Stedman I mean Eric Holder will step in last minute .
Report Post »curmudgeon60
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:28pmHaha!!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:32pmGOOD!! Cover him in PIG guts and blood first!!!
Report Post »Amren
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:27pmHe could wear a Meat Dress a’la Lady Gaga. Just make his out of bacon! NO, WAIT!! That would be a waste of good bacon…. Pork hot dogs, maybe???
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:41pmTwo Army colonels who reviewed the case previously recommended that Hasan be tried in a military court and face the death penalty.
Well, he was in the Military..he should face death penalty..OMG!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:41pmGood news. Maybe justice will finally be served somehwere.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:45pmDoes he have a family and will they receive benefits?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:41pm@ROBERT
Agreed .. .all he needs is a jury to DUMB to put 2 + 2 together (Anthony jury) and he too can go free for murder….
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 5:48pmJust in the nick of time…RE-ELECTION TIME! Amazing how it brings out the patriot in Obama, isn’t it?
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