Shooting at Ft. Hood Texas 11/05/09 13 dead, 43 wounded-(Murder Charges)

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http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/hasan-fined-again-for-not-shaving-beard
Hasan fined again for not shaving beard
Fort Hood suspected cited for contempt
August 3, 2012

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military judge has again held the Fort Hood shooting suspect in contempt of court for showing up to a pretrial hearing with a beard he had been told to shave.

Maj. Nidal Hasan was fined another $1,000 Friday. The judge, Col. Gregory Gross, said Hasan would watch the rest of the hearing on a closed-circuit television in a nearby trailer.

The Army doesn't allow beards. Hasan's attorneys say his is an expression of his Muslim faith.
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[KittyMom]

Sedate him and shave his whole body.  The justice for those he murdered shouldn't be withheld because this azz refuses to shave.

[MuffyBee]

http://tdtnews.com/index/news/show/90860?title=Abdo+sentencing+moved+up+a+day;+Hasan+also+will+be+in+court+on+Thursday
Abdo sentencing moved up a day; Hasan also will be in court on Thursday
August 8, 2012

[MuffyBee]

Give Nidal Hasan his trial and give his victims justice.  JMHO


http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-deciding-delay-fort-hood-trial-16999505#.UCoG0ZEefvw
Judge Deciding Whether to Delay Fort Hood Trial
August 14, 2012

A military judge is considering whether to delay the trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage.

Maj. Nidal Hasan's court-martial is scheduled to start Monday with jury selection.

But Hasan's attorneys say they need more time to look through 26 boxes of documents, including some of his medical records and jail logs.
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The judge, Col. Gregory Gross, is to decide at a pretrial hearing Tuesday whether to delay the trial. He previously delayed it from March to June and then to August.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/judge-refuses-to-further-delay-fort-hood-trial-2435606.html
Judge refuses to further delay Fort Hood trial
August 14, 2012

FORT HOOD, Texas — A military judge on Tuesday refused to again delay the trial of an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage, setting up the highly anticipated court-martial scheduled to begin next week.

Maj. Nidal Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 attack at the Texas Army post. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday. Hasan faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted.

The judge, Col. Gregory Gross, previously delayed the trial from March to June and then to August. In the latest request, defense attorneys argued they had not been able to look through 26 boxes of documents, including thousands of pages of his medical records and jail logs. Lead defense attorney Lt. Col. Kris Poppe also said the defense team needed to talk to 20 new witnesses identified after receiving thousands of pages of documents in recent months.

Prosecutors had opposed the delay, saying the government's case would not include information about Hasan's medical records or the logs about his daily activities in the nearby Bell County Jail, which houses defendants for Fort Hood. Prosecutors had not yet arranged for witnesses to be at Fort Hood, about 150 miles southwest of Dallas, because jury selection is expected to take up to three weeks.
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http://www.kvue.com/home/Fort-Hood-suspect-must-enter-pleas-before-trial-166232356.html
Fort Hood suspect must enter pleas before trial
August 15, 2012

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 A military judge has ordered today's hearing for Maj. Nidal Hasan before his trial starts Monday. He is not allowed to plead guilty to the 13 counts of premeditated murder. That's because the charges carry death as the maximum punishment and the government is pursuing the death penalty in Hasan's case.

He also is charged with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the 2009 attack at the Texas Army post. He is allowed to plead guilty to those charges. But his former attorney John Galligan says that is unlikely. Galligan also says efforts to reach a plea deal failed more than a year ago.

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http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Accused-Fort-Hood-Gunman-Refuses-To-Shave-Judge-Denies-Trial-Delay-166127426.html
Accused Fort Hood Gunman Refuses To Shave, Judge Denies Trial Delay
August 14, 2012


Maj. Nidal Hasan (Jail photo)

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Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 attack at the post’s Soldier Readiness Center.

He faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted.

The judge’s refusal to delay the court-martial means Hasan must plead not guilty Wednesday to the 13 counts of premeditated murder.

Military law doesn't allow guilty pleas to charges that carry the death penalty as the maximum sentence.

He has the option of pleading guilty to the attempted premeditated murder counts, but prosecutors and defense attorneys are barred from discussing the case outside court, so it's unclear how Hasan will plead to those charges.

Gross denied a defense motion to exclude the testimony of a government witness, terrorism expert Evan Kohlmann, and a defense motion to have the government produce daily transcripts of the proceedings during jury selection.

He also denied a defense request for a special instruction regarding note taking by panel members during the court martial.

Rulings are pending on defense motions involving the conduct of jury selection and a motion regarding prosecutorial misconduct.

Gross scheduled hearings at 1 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. on Friday.

Gross fined Hasan another $1,000 Tuesday for failing to shave his beard and again sequestered Hasan in a separate trailer equipped with a closed circuit TV system.

Gross has said that if Hasan doesn’t shave off the beard voluntarily before the start of the trial, that he will order the beard shaved forcibly.

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http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/courts/entries/2012/08/15/appeals_court_to_decide_whethe.html
Appeals court to decide whether Hasan can be forcibly shaved
Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 02:36 p.m.

FORT HOOD — A military appeals court today halted a scheduled plea hearing for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan until it determines whether military judge Col. Gregory Gross has the authority to order Hasan to be forcibly shaved.

Hasan’s military lawyers had filed a petition questioning whether Gross can enforce Army grooming regulations in this way. Hasan has been growing a beard for two months citing religious reasons. Pentagon officials had previously denied Hasan’s request for an exemption to Army grooming standards, which require soldiers to be clean shaven.

It’s unclear when the Washington, D.C. appeals court will rule. It required prosecutors to submit a response by Wednesday, two days after Hasan’s court martial is scheduled to begin. The Army psychiatrist is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the Nov. 5, 2009, shootings at the Army post. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
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http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/hasan-beard-again-delays-army-trial
Hasan beard again delays Army trial
Regulations versus religious beliefs at issue
August 17, 2012

FORT HOOD, Texas (CNN) - A military appeals court halted the murder case against Maj. Nidal Hasan indefinitely on Friday to sort out issues surrounding a judge's threat to shave the beard the Army psychiatrist grew while awaiting trial in the 2009 Fort Hood killings.

The court martial was originally stopped on Wednesday and Hassan was fined $1,000 for remaining bearded, which violates Army regulations. The military judge in the case, U.S. Army Col. Gregory Gross, had previously held that Hassan's beard disrupts the court proceedings and held him in contempt of court five times, the Army said in a news release.

Hasan's court-martial had been scheduled to start Monday at Fort Hood, in Killeen, Texas, where he is accused of killing 13 people and wounding another 32. Gross, had threatened to have him forcibly shaved unless he got rid of the beard on his own.

It was unclear how long the case would be on hold.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/hasans-beard-a-direct-challenge-to-judges-authority-2440141.html
Hasan's beard a 'direct challenge' to judge's authority, petition says
August 22, 2012

In a petition submitted Wednesday to the nation's highest military appeals court, lawyers for military judge Col. Gregory Gross called the legal fight over the beard grown by Maj. Nidal Hasan a "direct challenge" to the judge's authority and argued that law and regulations allow Gross to order the forcible shaving of Hasan, accused in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood.

The wrangling over Hasan's beard has indefinitely delayed the start of his court-martial on 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder. Jury selection was supposed to have begun Monday. Hasan faces the death penalty if convicted.

It's unclear when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces will rule on the issue of Hasan's beard. Hasan's lawyers filed a petition Aug. 6 to stop Gross' order to shave the beard, and the court issued a stay of the proceedings nine days later so it could decide the matter. The court gave Gross until Wednesday to submit a defense of his decision.

Hasan, who continues to receive his Army salary of more than $6,000 per month (based on his rank and experience), began growing the beard two months ago in violation of military rules that require soldiers to be clean-shaven. Hasan, who is Muslim, cited freedom of religion laws, and his lawyers argued that the Army psychiatrist has had a premonition of imminent death and wants to have a beard when he dies. Top Army officials have rejected Hasan's request for a religious exemption to grow the beard, although they have granted beard exemptions to six other soldiers in recent years.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/08/ap-fort-hood-shooting-trial-forward-without-beard-ruling-nidal-hasan-082712/
Hood trial to go forward without beard ruling
August 27, 2012

FORT HOOD, Texas — The trial of the Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will go forward, according to a military appeals court ruling Monday. But the court did not address whether his beard could be forcibly shaved before the court-martial.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces said that Maj. Nidal Hasan’s appeal was premature because the trial judge hasn’t issued a definitive, written order for the forced shaving. If the judge issues that order, then Hasan can appeal it, the court said.

The appeals court temporarily delayed Hasan’s upcoming trial while it considered his appeal of the judge’s comments that he would order Hasan to be forcibly shaved if he refused to shave the beard himself.
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Since late July, the judge has found Hasan in contempt of court and fined him $1,000 five times — each time he wasn’t clean-shaven at a hearing.

Prosecutors have said they don’t believe that religion is Hasan’s motive, noting he was clean-shaven at the time of the shootings.

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http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/courts/entries/2012/08/27/appeals_court_to_wait_on_beard.html
Appeals court to wait on Hasan beard ruling
August 27, 2012

A military appeals court today reserved judgement on whether a Fort Hood military judge can order Maj. Nidal Hasan forcibly shaved, a decision that could further delay Hasan’s court-martial, which had been scheduled to begin Aug. 20.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces said Hasan’s appeal was “premature” because trial judge Col. Gregory Gross had yet to formally make the shaving order. On Monday the appeals court lifted its stay of the court-martial, but the proceedings will be delayed again if Gross formally orders Hasan shaved.

Gross has indicated on numerous occasions that he will order Hasan shaved before his court-martial begins. Hasan’s attorneys, arguing that Gross’s decision would violate Hasan’s freedom of religion, filed an appeal earlier this month.
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If Gross formally orders Hasan to be shaved, Hasan could first file an appeal with the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, a lower appeals court. After that court rules, the issue would likely return to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, but it’s unclear how long it will take to get a final ruling on the beard.

The appeals court issued an indefinite stay of proceedings on Aug. 15 because of the beard issue.

The court on Monday also ordered Gross, if he does order the forcible shaving of Hasan, to address whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act applies to the court-martial and to spell out “why forcible shaving is the least restrictive means of furthering the compelling governmental interest.”

Geoffrey Corn, a military law expert at South Texas College of Law, said the appeals court wants Gross to create a larger record of his reasoning. “The overall tenor is in favor of Hasan,” Corn said. “But it’s not a clear win for anyone.”

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http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/suspect-in-fort-hood-shooting-heads-back-to-2446184.html
Suspect in Fort Hood shooting heads back to court
August 30, 2012

FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army soldier accused of opening fire on a Texas military post is expected to appear in court for the first time since an appeals court lifted its stay of the case.

Maj. Nidal Hasan has a Thursday court hearing at Fort Hood.

Hasan is charged in the 2009 shooting rampage that killed 13 and wounded more than two dozen others.
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[MuffyBee]

Hey Hasan!  Stop hiding behind your beard!  You committed crimes of murder and injury against innocent, unarmed men and women.  It's time to go to trial and face the consequences of your actions.  You said "When I stand before God, I am individually responsible for my actions," he said, apparently referring to the beard. You FIRST need to stand before your peers and take responsibility before you can even think about standing before God. You are here and now it's time to face up to it.   Hasan is all worried about being right with God and his facial hair.  How about those niggling details such as murdering and injuring innocent, unarmed people?  The prosecution noted he didn't have facial hair when he went on the shooting rampage.  You know, it seemed okay for Nidal Hasan to get a full ride for paid tuition at medical school and living expenses.  And when it came time to pay it back, he didn't want to go.  He KNEW we have had armies in the middle east.  I'm just not buying it.  Can't have it both ways.  JMHO  So many victims are waiting for justice. 

http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/fort-hood-shooting-suspect-explains-beard-to-judge-2446184.html
Fort Hood shooting suspect explains beard to judge
August 30, 2012

FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage told a judge Thursday that he grew a beard because his Muslim faith requires it, not as a show of disrespect.

Speaking in court for the first time since showing up with a beard in violation of Army regulations in June, Maj. Nidal Hasan responded to Col. Gregory Gross when the judge asked why he had the beard.

"In the name of almighty Allah, I am a Muslim," Hasan said. "I believe my religion requires me to wear a beard."
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"I am not trying to disrespect your authority as a judge," Hasan said before his latest removal from the courtroom.

"When I stand before God, I am individually responsible for my actions," he said, apparently referring to the beard.

Hasan faces the death penalty if convicted in the November 2009 attack that killed 13 and wounded more than two dozen others on the Texas Army post.
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Hasan's attorneys have argued that forcing him to shave would violate his religious freedoms. They also have said Hasan wouldn't shave because he had a premonition that his death is imminent, and doesn't want to die beardless because he believes not having one is a sin.

According to military regulations, soldiers who disobey orders to be clean-shaven can be forcibly shaved.

Gross has said he wants Hasan in the courtroom during the court-martial to prevent a possible appeal over the beard if Hasan is convicted.
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Prosecutors have said they don't believe that religion is Hasan's motive, noting he was clean-shaven at the time of the shootings.

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I think it's interesting and very telling that Nidal Hasan is really, really worried about death and making sure his facial hair is intact for his appearance before God.  He didn't seem too sorry about sending unarmed men and women to their deaths. Hasan not only took their lives, he didn't give them opportunity to make sure they were right with their God or attend to their religious beliefs.  Why should we afford Hasan that luxury? I find it interesting some murderers like Hasan seem just fine with killing others, but when it comes to their own life and their own rights oh, gee whiz!!!  They expect it so much better than they ever, ever gave their victims.  JMHO  

I believe people should have the right to a fair and speedy trial.  So let's move on and do it.

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Diversion....  JMHO


http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/hasan-hearing-to-look-at-religious-law
Hasan hearing to look at religious law
First grew his beard in June
September 5, 2012

In continuing back-and-forth efforts in the military trial of Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, a hearing set for this week will examine his resistance to shaving his beard in a religious context.
 
Hasan is accused in the November 2009 large-scale shooting that killed 13 people. He is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the attack at the Army post.
 
Col. Gregory Gross, trial judge, has set the next pretrial hearing in the case for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Lawrence J. Williams Judicial Center here.

Pending matters before the court include a hearing to determine whether a federal religious freedom law allows Hasan to wear a beard during his court martial trial.

Hasan recently grew a beard, which violates Army regulations. His attorneys say he won't shave because he's expressing his Muslim faith. However, Hasan abided by Army rules and did not have a beard before the shooting when he was an active member of the military.

Should Gross order that Hasan be forcibly shaved, the defense will have an opportunity to appeal that decision to the Army Court of Criminal Appeals before Hasan will enter his pleas.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/judge-may-issue-order-for-fort-hood-suspect-2451672.html
September 6, 2012

FORT HOOD, Texas — A judge on Thursday was expected to issue a definitive order for the forcible beard shaving of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage, which could trigger yet another delay in his upcoming murder trial.

Col. Gregory Gross, who said he will issue the order this week, first will preside over a hearing to determine how a federal religious freedom law applies in Maj. Nidal Hasan's case. Witnesses for Army prosecutors and Hasan's attorneys will testify.

Beards are a violation of Army regulations, and soldiers who disobey orders to get rid of facial hair can be shaved against their will. Gross has repeatedly said that Hasan's beard, which he started growing in jail this summer, is a disruption to the court proceedings. Gross has found Hasan in contempt of court at the past six pretrial hearings since he was not clean shaven, then sent him to a nearby trailer to watch the proceedings on a closed-circuit television.
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Let's get the shaving out of the way and move onto justice for all the victims of Nidal Hasan's premeditated murderous shooting spree!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57507606/judge-to-fort-hood-suspect-shave-or-be-shaved/
Judge to Fort Hood suspect: Shave or be shaved
September 6, 2012

(AP) FORT HOOD, Texas - The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage must be clean-shaven or will be forcibly shaved before his murder trial, a military judge ordered Thursday.

Col. Gregory Gross issued the official order after a hearing to determine whether a federal religious freedom law applied to Hasan's case, and triggered another delay in all proceedings related to Hasan's trial because his attorneys plan to appeal.

Beards are a violation of Army regulations, and soldiers who disobey orders to get rid of facial hair can be shaved against their will. Gross repeatedly has said Hasan's beard, which he started growing in jail this summer, is a disruption to the court proceedings.

Hasan told the judge last week that he grew a beard because his Muslim faith requires it, not as a show of disrespect. Gross ruled Thursday that the defense didn't prove Hasan is growing a beard for sincere religious reasons.
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http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/hearing-examines-fort-hood-shooting
Hearing examines Fort Hood shooting
Many clues about Maj. Nidal Hasan being a threat
September 14, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KXAN) - The inability to rapidly share information, poorly trained FBI threat analysts, and the failure to exhaust all intelligence-sharing options led to the November 2009 terrorist attack at Fort Hood, according to testimony presented at a Homeland Security Oversight and Investigations hearing held Friday.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is soon to go to trial for the killing of 13 people and injury of 42 others.

The former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and the deputy chairman of the Webster Commission outlined the shortcomings at a hearing in Washington, D.C. They said it was these errors that allowed Hasan to slip through the cracks without a formal investigation.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/09/military-fort-hood-warnings-ignored-nidal-hasan-091412w
Experts: Warnings ignored in Hood shootings
September 14, 2012

Top military investigators downplayed warnings about the alleged shooter in the November 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, and opted not to interview him before the tragedy because they feared casting suspicion upon him would harm his Army career, experts told lawmakers Friday.

Investigators from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service knew of email exchanges between U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused of fatally shooting 13 people, and notorious terrorist leader Anwar Nasser al-Awlaki, but they halted their investigation before seeking a face-to-face interview with Hassan.

Details of the Fort Hood shooting investigation emerged Friday at a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee’s oversight, investigations and management panel.
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The Army promoted Hassan despite reports from his colleagues that he made repeated comments sympathizing with Islamic extremists in general and Osama bin Laden in particular.

Some troops may have been reluctant to express concern about Hassan’s remarks for fear of being accused of having a bias against Muslims, said Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C.

“Service men and women are discouraged from pointing out things that they see … that should raise red flags,” Duncan said “They are scared they will be labeled an Islamophobe.”

Duncan said he does not understand why some officials labeled Hasan’s shooting an incident of workplace violence rather than terrorism.
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