Foregone Conclusions....
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
"I hestitate not to pronounce, that every man who is his own lawyer, has a fool for a client.
And we found out the level of competence that statement defines during Inmate Hasan's sentencing today....
Nidal Malik Hasan was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Tex., the worst mass murder at a military installation in U.S. history.
The death penalty was handed down by a panel of 13 senior military officers in a unanimous decision. If even a single panel member had objected, Hasan would instead have been sentenced to life in prison.
The jury deliberated for a little more than two hours.
Two Hours? I would like to point out that NCO's could have had this wrapped up before the second pot of coffee in the First Sergeant's office was done. Next time, let us handle that for you sir....
Now that we have dispensed with the particulars and gotten this Jihadi on the hit list for his 72 virgins, this is how it should work from here on out.
In courts martial, appellate review is mandatory and cannot be waived or withdrawn when the sentence includes death. Under military law (UCMJ), any sentence calling for more than one year of incarceration gets an automatic review by the US Army Court of Military Review, and after that it goes to the Armed Forces Court of Appeals.
I know it has been since the time my Dad was in high school since the US Military actually got to the business of executing someone on their Death Row. My question is how is it that an organization dedicated to killing bad people can't seem to find their day-planner long enough to put some dirtbag on the schedule to the see the hooded man with the long rope?
I thought, "can't we just get to it?" and then I saw this little nugget and was nearly overwhelmed by evil...
He will be transferred to a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on the first available military flight, officials said.
Attention US Army! I am free this weekend.... This presents quite an opportunity. How about we save ourselves as a country a great deal of aggravation and just take this dude up to altitude and shove him down the ramp and bid him adieu as he tumbles into the Wild Blue Yonder? Perhaps we could coat him in some napalm and hook a pressure sensitive detonator to him and well? There is lots of open country to fly over between Ft. Hood and Ft. Leavenworth, so no real danger of him and his wheelchair landing in someone's Labor Day barbeque. Then we can nuke the site from orbit, just to make sure....
His last statement to the jury was "the defense rests." I hope he rests, in peace(s), real soon....