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| Judge Halts Trial In Fort Hood Shooting Rampage |
| 2013-08-08 |
| [BREITBART] The standby attorney for the soldier charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage accused Maj. Nidal Hasan on Wednesday of deliberately charting a course toward a conviction and death sentence, abruptly halting the trial after only one day. Lt. Col. Kris Poppe, Hasan's lead court-appointed standby attorney, said he is willing to step in and be Hasan's defense lawyer. But he asked that his responsibilities as co-counsel be minimized if Hasan, who is representing himself at trial, continues to work toward being executed. It is "clear his goal is to remove impediments or obstacles to the death penalty and is working toward a death penalty," Poppe told the judge overseeing the case at the Texas military base. Hasan responded: "I object. That's a twist of the facts." The judge, Col. Tara Osborn, then cleared the courtroom. Hasan has chosen to act as his own attorney during the military trial at Fort Hood, though he has defense attorneys on standby if he needs them. On Tuesday, he told jurors during a less than 2-minute opening statement that the evidence would "clearly show" he was the shooter, but that it would "only show one side." He also questioned only two of the first dozen witnesses, who included one soldier who was shot seven times during the November 2009 attack on the sprawling Army post. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Yes, the main column of an invading Turkish army found their vanguard impaled on the fence posts bordering the main road, all 20,000 of them, mostly still alive...when they reached the last of them, the whole army turned to a man and returned to Istamboul! Thanks, Vlad Dracula! When asked by the Russian ambassador where he had acquired his "peculiar" tastes, Vlad answered that in his youth, as a slave/hostage in Istambul, he saw a christian slave eviscerated in the street at every couple of feet...an impaled one every street corners..etc... |
| Posted by: Bob Snore6814 2013-08-08 23:29 |
| #5 Glenmore, I think that this should be used as a history lesson. The 14th - 17th centuries (heck go BC) are replete with innovative, long lasting and painful ways to get rid of vermin like this. I believe Vlad had one he was fond of using on Muslim invaders. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-08-08 14:12 |
| #4 This trial should be over. Guilty. Death sentence. The only issue that should be under discussion is the manner of death - hanging quickly, hanging slowly, lethal injection, transfusion of pig blood. (Not firing squad - too good for him.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-08-08 12:50 |
| #3 Sometimes the guilt of the accused is clear as daylight. The rest of the clap trap is all ritual to satisfy the legal caste but does nothing but hinder the very reason of their existence - justice. Form over substance. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-08-08 08:41 |
| #2 conviction and death sentence Is there a problem with that? Remember the scene in Blazing Saddles where they were going to hang a guy in a wheelchair? Works for me. |
| Posted by: Spot 2013-08-08 07:55 |
| #1 That's what I thought. Hasan's defense is that he has no defense. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-08 01:58 |