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…
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.
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…
KWTX.com reports that: Defense attorney John Galligan said Tuesday he’s asking the Army to delay the hearing that will determine whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be tried by a military court for the Nov. 5 shooting rampage at Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Center that left 13 dead and 29…
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…
I commented yesterday that the decision by the Homeland Security Committee could be a potential boon to defense discovery in Major Hasan’s court-martial at Fort Hood. Homeland Security committee begins collecting discovery for the Major Hasan defense team. It’s not clear yet, but it looks like the Army and Department…
A question arises for Major Hasan and the court-martial about venue or situs or trial at Fort Hood or somewhere else. Here is the general rule from R.C.M. 906(b)(11), for a change of venue of a court-martial: United States v. Curtis was at one time a death penalty case, but…
So which CID agents are violating Article 92, UCMJ? And if they are lawyers on the government side, which lawyers are violating Article 92, UCMJ, and ethics rules for lawyers in the Army regarding pretrial publicity? officials told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized…
Online Newshour reports: And it doesn’t have to be all 12 members voting him guilty. Two-thirds to convict is enough. And it does have to be unanimous to give him the death penalty. In a death penalty case the members have to be unanimous on a finding of guilty. The…
How the Military Will Try Nidal Hasan This reminds me of A Few Good Men. Remember, in the Navy court-room the Army JAG symbol is on the podium. Well here they have a picture of courtroom A at Marine Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. We know the picture’s about a year…