Here are some links to reports that the prosecution will seek to provide death penalty related information to the Article 32, UCMJ, IO. AP: Stars & Stripes: Army prosecutors have sent a notice that they plan to seek the death penalty against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of the Fort Hood shootings, according to Hasan’s…
Continue reading ›CAAFLog has pointed to this CentralTexasNow.com report. Bell County Jail, it’s where the man charged with the Fort Hood massacre, Nidal Hasan, is now being held. Inside the jail infirmary, under 24 hour surveillance, and his lawyer doesn’t like it. “He is, in short, being punished. In violation I believe of article 13 of the…
Continue reading ›1. SEALS: Kokomo Perspective reports that: Rep. Burton issued the following statement after the Navy dropped several charges against two Navy SEALs who are accused of mistreating terrorist mastermind Ahmed Hashim Abed, the man believed to be responsible for the infamous mutilations of four American contractors in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. 2. Hasan: Statesman.com reports…
Continue reading ›TDTNews reports that: Major Hasan may not have been transferred from hospital yesterday as thought was planned. Mr. Galligan’s chief complaint is a lack of a mitigation specialist assigned to the defense prior to the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing.
Continue reading ›Fox11.com reports that: Major Hasan is on his way from hospital to Belton jail where he will be housed at an approximate cost of $206K. He is wheelchair bound – question, is he a flight risk? [T]he Army is erecting a 15 foot fence around the courthouse in Ft. Hood in preparations for the Article…
Continue reading ›eNews Park Forest reports. Last August, Travis Bishop refused to serve in Afghanistan. Having filed for Conscientious Objector (CO) status, Bishop, based at Fort Hood, Texas, in the US Army’s 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, was court-martialed and sentenced to 12 months in a military brig. He was released from the brig today. Bishop served his…
Continue reading ›FoxNews reports that: Hall, a soldier out of Fort Stewart in Georgia, recorded a rap song last July called “Stop Loss” after he was notified that his military contract was being extended. Army soldiers who are “stop-lossed” must complete additional tours of duty. In his song, Hall raps about walking up to soldiers and “surprising…
Continue reading ›MySAnews reports that: Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged in November’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and 32 others wounded, will be moved from San Antonio to a county jail near the military post. Bell County Sheriff Dan Smith issued a statement Monday, saying Bell County commissioners court formalized a…
Continue reading ›WOAI.com reports: Hasan’s lawyer claims the U.S. Army is withholding key information he needs to defend Hasan. Attorney John Galligan said he has been waiting months for classified material needed to help his client. He said he has been given limited access to criminal investigation files. Does Mr. Galligan have the appropriate security clearance? If…
Continue reading ›Daily Caller reports that: Following a two-week absence, the Fort Hood attorney was back at it Friday despite a gag order, blogging on the perceived injustices suffered by his defense team in defending Major Nidal Hasan, the man charged in the shooting deaths of 13 people. As previously reported by The Daily Caller, John P.…
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