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Updated Nov 20, 2009 - 1:37 pm

Atty: Hospital hearing set for Fort Hood suspect

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's civilian attorney, John Galligan, said Friday that military prosecutors notified him of their plans for the hearing at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Hasan has been recovering there since the Nov. 5 rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and more than 30 wounded. Hasan was shot by civilian members of Fort Hood's police force.

The hearing is to determine whether Hasan will be placed in pre-trial confinement _ which usually means jail. But Galligan says he'll argue that Hasan should remain in intensive care because he is paralyzed and still needs hospital care.

Fort Hood officials didn't immediately return a call about the hearing.


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  • SeattleD wrote...
    I have a question
    Are trained members of the military not allowed to carry weapons on base, as the guy on Dori's show said? If not does this make any more sense than not allowing citizens to carry weapons at the Seattle Center?
  • Independent Thinker wrote...
    To answer your question.
    In general members of the military do not carry loaded weapons. Ammo is controlled and only given out at a shooting range in a very accountable manner. It is a big no-no to have ammo on your person when not at a range or in a combat zone. MP's do carry loaded weapons.
  • daveyj wrote...
    Re: right thinker
    That's not how you spell VERMIN dummy.
  • scaskin wrote...
    Response to right kind of thinker
    Well thank you for your racist views and points. So what do you suppose President Obama should do, get rid of everyone that doesn't look like you. Then what would you have to be prejudice, maybe someone's hair color ect.. As a nation and as a society we do not need people with your views.
  • Borishantu1 wrote...
    Right kind of thinker
    Hey Right kind of thinker, try giving a reason for your name and THINK. Perhaps you should change it to "ignorant racist" or maybe "Hitler". Those seem more suited to you.
  • swassociates wrote...
    Nidal Malik Hasan
    I see the problem. Obviously he's a Presbyterian.
  • Goody wrote...
    Thank goodness
    he was a psychiatrist!
  • ThomD wrote...
    Save Him
    and have him put on trial to better understand his motives. Then hang him on the gallows...
  • Siriusly wrote...
    Thankfully he's alive
    Clearly he was to cowardly to kill himself. Now we have a chance to learn if he was a sleeper, someone got to him, or he was just a spineless wimp afraid to deploy again (Even though as a doctor he'd be miles from any combat anyway). I say keep him alive as a lab animal. Let's vivisect him and find out which screw went loose.
  • Gospelance wrote...
    a muslim....shocking !!!
    I can't believe it !!!


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