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Atty: Hospital hearing set for Fort Hood suspect

(November 20th, 2009 @ 1:37pm)

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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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    wow
    jmassagli
    he was paid alot . i pray for the familys he ruined may they get peace in seeing this s.o.b get what he deserves.
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    have they
    jmassagli
    CALLED this what it really is a TERRORIST act. make this guy suffer. feed him pork . smack him around with his koran like its a phone book. if this guy wants 40 virgins he will have earn it. waterboard him . his religion teaches an eye for an eye , yet they are the first ones to try foul , because they are hypocrites, and sore losers. they cry if their neighbors uncle gets killed but yet they blow school buses. these people are useless to me and barely worth my ammo. note word "barely".
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    Technically, 14 counts of murder
    Nick P
    When is he going to be charged for the death of the unborn baby that he murdered?
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    Muslims
    FreedomWhatFreedom
    I have to say, honestly - this is not a religion that is ready for the developed world. They are stuck in the time of the Crusades. Their cities, their politic and views on the law, womens rights, etc. The list goes on. The religion of peace? C'mon, are you serious?
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    9mm
    Nimsisland
    To the head, bam, case over. Bury him in a paupers grave and spit on it.
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