Why isn’t he required to use the $278,000 in salary he’s been getting since he massacred 13 soldiers and wounded 32 others? Most likely, this Muslim terrorist’s only motive in representing himself is a desire to use the trial as a showcase for his anti-American Islamic jihadist rants.
Miami Newsday Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday, and the trial is slated to begin July 1. If convicted, Hasan faces the death penalty.
The judge had little choice but to allow Hasan’s request after a doctor testified Monday that Hasan’s paralysis won’t have a significant impact, legal experts say. But the situation raises concerns for some. Will Hasan attempt to use the trial to advance a platform of jihad? What sort of defense will he be able to provide himself? And what does it mean for victims in the shooting, some of whom will now have to face a cross-examination by their alleged shooter, and many of whom are also concerned about their safety. Hasan’s trial invites comparisons with that of Zacarias Moussaoui, the would-be 9/11 hijacker who also represented himself at his trial and pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill US citizens. Mr. Moussaoui, who is currently serving a life sentence, used his defense to justify his actions, to pontificate against the US, and at various times to threaten both the judge and jury.
“I expect Hasan to follow that pattern,” says Jeffrey Addicott, director of the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio. There’s no other reason for a defendant in a case like this to forgo counsel, he adds. Want your top political issues explained? Get customized DC Decoder updates.
“Clearly when you represent yourself in case of this nature, it’s not because you’re trying to avoid the death penalty or get the panel to agree you’re not guilty,” says Professor Addicott. “If you’re motivated by radical Islam to murder, which he was, it’s no surprise that he’s going to want to use this trial as a platform to advance radical jihad…. He’s hoping to inspire other would-be jihadists that are in our nation.”
Let me get this straight…. he’s a terrorist, going to prison in an American prison, where WE PAY MORE TAXES? AND HE TRAINS OTHERS to be a creepy killer and hate more Americans? and who knows what else….?
Hello….
OUR tax dollars shouldn’t pay for this, if it were a kid on the street, they would get the death penalty! or already been shot dead!
He KILLED OUR SOLDIERS!
Why is it okay for him to kill someone because of his religion? Yet a person of color would have been shot and killed right there on the spot!
THIS IS WRONG!
If a US soldier was to be cut down in the street like Lee Rigby was would Obama call it street violence then?
After talking it over with Holder… they might have to get a committee together, spend millions, and call it… boys will be boys!
I cannot wrap my head around all the muslim pandering the WORLD is doing! The rights they give these subhumans …as they call US terrorists! And deny us the freedom of speech while allowing these “people” to spew their evil garbage!
This man needs the electric chair very bad.
If this was workplace violence the injured should be able to have muslims declared as a workplace hazard under the OSH laws.. In which case the employer is liable to a hefty fine and damages for allowing known hazards to proliferate the workplace.
Please, please, everyone. Let him speak and reveal the stupidity of Islam to the world. Moslems around the world will CRINGE when this fool reveals his folly and unwillingly reveals the depravity, rage, entitlement, misogyny, cruelty, savagery and looniness of Islam!
Moslems will no longer be able to defend Islam when Doctor Death starts explaining his Islamic dementia to the world. He will explain REAL JIHAD to the world so they will no longer think he is mad, but that he CORRECTLY REPRESENTS real Islam.
More treasonous acts by the Obama administration. Too bad it wasn’t the 1950s. If that were the case, Obama’s treasonous acts would be punishable by the death penalty.
Yeah, where is Joe McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover when we need them the most?
Is it possible he will come up with a demand that his trial be conducted according to the Qur’an?
In Ontario, one of the guys who wanted to blow up a train above the Niagara River cannot find a lawyer to represent him because he wants the case to proceed according to quranic law.
The only silver lining to this story is that Hassan cannot escape.
Excellent point! It would not shock me if the army trial were done according to Sharia Law!
Why isn’t Nadal Hasan dead by now? Of course I know the answer. It is that in this country truth and justice for all no longer exists.
I blame the dumbass Americans for the enemy to continue in the White House! So, I don’t want to hear any whineing from the Americans…
This whole thing has become a farce,and frankly I think it will go on for years. He’s making a six figure salary after murdering all those military personnel. He did it , there’s proof he did it, and I think he should be hung in public with no Islamic prayers. Did he give those good people the chance to do that??? HELL NO.
I can’t imagine he’s as slick as a government attorney, so unless the jury is a bunch of uber bleeding heart dhimmis, he’s not getting off. However, the fact he’s defending himself might help with his appeal, and maybe he’s banking on that.
I couldn’t finish reading this. How dare they pander to this POS. They fought over not to give him the death penalty….I am bringing this up because I am furious about him and how our government kisses the muslims’ collective butts.
Do you know about Robert Bales, the Army Staff Sgt accused of murdering 16 Afghan villagers? They want to put him to death for it. They are NOT giving this guy an inch. Whether he murdered those people, I have no idea. I just can’t help comparing the two cases.
Bales went nuts that night. Hasan did it for allah! I would say that Bales had an extreme case of “workplace violence” just like the muslim did!
I can’t decide who is more disgusting, this piece of shxt or Obama. I’d like to lock both up in a pig pen with thirty hungry pigs and then when their bones are removed we’d call it pig-pen violence.
Hardihar”…
SEMPER-FI”
If I were the person who delivered his food. I’d poison it.
He should have been tried, convicted and executed long ago. His actions were TERRORISM, not workplace violence. Disgusting muslim piece of sh*t that he is.With a bit of luck, someone will put an end to his miserable,jihadist life in the most painful way possible.
Amen Carol; and I do not like repeating myself, but I really feel a strong compulsion to ask AGAIN; just why IS this miserable muslime sonofabitch still walking around sucking air?!….And, since we are on the topic, why the hell do we still have U.S troops in the Mideast, trying to “liberate” miserable lowlife muslime PsOS who hate us and have no desire to be “liberated” from the satanic ideology known as pislam?!!…..Bring the troops home, and have them aid in getting rid of the filth (muslimes) we have here and don’t try to “mitigate” or “negotiate” in the affairs of overseas asslifters!!
”LL”..HE IS NOT WALkING’ ‘LoL”..he is in a wheel chair ” ”paralized”.
tra la ” Thanks to a ”female poilce Officer”’.WORK PLACE VIOLENCE’
..That is ‘Obammy ‘ Speak”……
His penalty should be to be beheaded on American pay per view!
Ben, great idea. And preferably with one of those Taliban dull kitchen knives.
got that right.
not only that but the money raised by the ppv should go to the victims families.
the entire trial should be televised
BEN , ..GREAT IDEA” 🙂