Update on Hasan

[silverranger]

Woohoo

[Forever_frost]

2 automatic appeals and defense has already claimed that they will not let him defend himself again due to the fact he may not be 'mentally capable of doing so.'

[Forever_frost]

Feel good story of the day.

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The Army psychiatrist sentenced to death for the Fort Hood shooting rampage has been forcibly shaved, an Army spokesman said Tuesday.

Maj. Nidal Hasan began growing a beard in the years after the November 2009 shooting that left 13 dead and 30 wounded. The beard prompted delays to his court-martial because it violated Army grooming regulations. He was convicted of all charges last month at his court-martial at the Central Texas Army post and sentenced to death.

Now, Hasan is an inmate at the U.S. Detention Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., home to the military death row. Lt. Col. S. Justin Platt, a spokesman for military prison, said in a statement Tuesday that Hasan had been shaved. He did not specify when or provide details, however.

Officials at Fort Leavenworth previously had said Hasan would be subject to Army regulations.

Hasan dispensed with all criminal defense counsel and represented himself during his trial. A message left with John Galligan, Hasan’s first criminal defense attorney who still represents him in civil matters, was not returned.

Hasan said he grew the beard because his Muslim faith required it and was not meant as a show of disrespect. However, Col. Gregory Gross, the original judge presiding over Hasan’s court-martial, ordered Hasan to be clean-shaven or be forcibly shaved before his trial.

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/09/03/finally-ft-hood-jihadist-nidal-hasan-forcibly-shaved-in-prison/

[JP135]

Indeed. Shame the guards didn't accidentally nick the carotid artery during the process.

[aggie97]

Indeed. Shame the guards didn't accidentally nick the carotid artery during the process.

The beard won't stop growing so I am sure they will have to do this weekly. Plenty of opportunities....

[BP]

Today is the sixth anniversary of this act of terrorism. As an update Hassan was sentenced to death and has been at Ft. Leavenworth for over two years waiting for an execution date. In this time he's written to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and requested citizenship of the Islamic State.

Our president still refers to this as an act of workplace violence.

RIP to those he murdered.

[svauto-erotic855]

Today is the sixth anniversary of this act of terrorism. As an update Hassan was sentenced to death and has been at Ft. Leavenworth for over two years waiting for an execution date. In this time he's written to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and requested citizenship of the Islamic State.

Our president still refers to this as an act of workplace violence.

RIP to those he murdered.

"Our president" will do everything in his power to prevent this man from being executed during his presidency.

[helosailor]

Sucks that he hasn't had an "accident" in prison...yet.

[svauto-erotic855]

Sucks that he hasn't had an "accident" in prison...yet.

If that were to happen Obama would make sure that the people responsible were executed within a month.

[BP]

"Our president" will do everything in his power to prevent this man from being executed during his presidency.

He was stripped of all rank and benefits and officially booted out of the Army at least. So he's only referred to as an inmate. He's also forcibly shaved regularly.

Hasan wants to be executed so he can die as a martyr, I think it's better to have him sitting in a cell rotting away instead of granting his wish. I don't see any accidents happening to him either. He's confined to a wheel chair and only sees doctors, guards and his attorney. He has a miserable existence.

[The King]

Him being confined to 'chair in prison may indeed be a more fitting punishment than execution. The Islamic state likely has no use for him since he really isn't capable of doing anything beyond flapping his gums.

[dcs13]

Feed him ham and eggs for breakfast, BLT for lunch and pork ribs for dinner. May he rot in hell

[YALE]

Him being confined to 'chair in prison may indeed be a more fitting punishment than execution. The Islamic state likely has no use for him since he really isn't capable of doing anything beyond flapping his gums.

The supermax at Florence, CO is an oubliette. Being sentenced to time there is a fate worse than death.

[racrguy]

The supermax at Florence, CO is an oubliette. Being sentenced to time there is a fate worse than death.

There's a word I haven't heard in a while +5 internet points.

[Craizie]

Had to google it.