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| Judge delays Fort Hood shooting hearing after defendant shows up in full beard |
| 2012-06-09 |
| A military judge delayed a pretrial hearing Friday after Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, appeared in a military courtroom sporting a full beard that his attorneys said he grew for religious reasons. Col. Gregory Gross called the beard, which violated Army grooming regulations, a disruption to court proceedings and halted the hearing, Fort Hood officials said. Gross said a new hearing would be held soon - possibly next week - and that Hasan would have to watch proceedings outside the courtroom on closed-circuit television unless he complied with an order to "appear with proper military grooming standards," Fort Hood officials said. Over the past two years, Hasan, who remains an active duty service member, has appeared in court clean-shaven and with closely cropped hair. Hasan appeared Friday with a full beard and longer hair. Defense attorneys cited cases of other soldiers who were granted permission to grow their beards during a court-martial for religious reasons and indicated they would file an exception to the grooming policy based on religious accommodation, Fort Hood officials said. Hasan is Muslim. Army Regulation 670-1-8 allows neatly trimmed mustaches, but prohibits beards, goatees and handlebar mustaches. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 Maybe he's hoping to use the beard to argue for a mistrial. Maybe he's figured out that he doesn't stand much of a chance in man's legal system, so he hopes it gives him a better chance with allan's. Maybe he's hoping to cause Confusion and Delay. Frank, it'd be a lot easier to use a blowtorch. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-06-09 23:32 |
| #11 "Why would you shave him with a spoon, cousin?" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-06-09 15:38 |
| #10 If I recall correctly, it was "her" aim that paralyzed this piece of human trash. I'm so looking forward to a firing squad for this pig. Maybe we can prolong the initiation of of the trial to correspond with the first year of a Romney administration. |
| Posted by: rob06 2012-06-09 15:29 |
| #9 ...so you're saying there might be a bright side to Obamacare? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-06-09 13:26 |
| #8 He may be paralyzed but he can still see. He can still hear. These problems are . . . fixable. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2012-06-09 13:02 |
| #7 His aim might have been right-on Tu, since Hasan is paralyzed. He'll always be "beneath' everyone, including women, for the rest of his miserable days. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-06-09 12:37 |
| #6 I've always lamented that the cop that popped him didn't spend just a little bit more time on the range... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-06-09 12:29 |
| #5 If it is a religious duty to grow a beard, why didn't he grow a beard before he shot all those people? I can't wait until his lawyers say that he committed the murders because it was a religious duty. That should go over well with the judge and jury. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2012-06-09 11:55 |
| #4 So he's trying to get an exemption for special treatment, on the same grounds that he committed the murders for which he is on trial. I'm with Frank. Let's play by his rules. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2012-06-09 11:48 |
| #3 I like my idea better ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-06-09 11:30 |
| #2 Nothing that an Army basic training induction barber couldn't fix in five seconds... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-06-09 11:15 |
| #1 get some lighter fluid and some matches. I'd clean that shit up toot suite |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-06-09 09:25 |