Ft. Hood Defendant To Make First Court Appearance

[Utah Bob]

Will they execute a paralyzed man? I'm betting they won't.
How much is his extra care going to cost while he's imprisoned? When he finally dies there will be a lawsuit alleging his mistreatment and improper care in prison led to his death. This is a can of worms. Why couldn't he have just bled out dammit?

[JimP]

It costs far more to execute someone than to send them away for life. We grant them automatic appeals; free habeas attacks; free appellate attorneys; etc. There is a "cult" out there of anti-death penalty advocates. They go around the country teaching the 'true believers" all sorts of dilatory tactics to defend their clients and to avoid the death penalty. Back in the day I had to get "death-penalty" certified (military requires it if you defend a capitol case). I was AMAZED at the dishonesty and obfuscation being taught by these guys - and....get this: the tactics were being taught by MILITARY lawyers. Saddened me. But...even in the military you have stark-raving mad liberals.

In short - toss him in the hole for the rest of his sorry existence.

[kawaishi]

It seems to me that concern like this is what led to this self-proclaimed "soldier of allah" to go on unchecked. I know that the general is worried about retribution but have there been any cases of that yet? We have Islamic terrorists telling us that they are Islamic terrorists while committing acts of terror but we can't jump to conclusions; meanwhile, Gen. Casey is going on the record to say that he's concerned about what the non-muslim soldiers might do.

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