Posted on 11/08/2009 4:31:48 PM PST by Steelfish
Fort Hood Shooting: Barack Obama Would Have To Approve Death Penalty
US President Barack Obama would have to personally approve the death sentence if Major Nidal Malik Hasan is convicted and sentenced to execution for the Fort Hood massacre.
Nick Allen in Fort Hood 08 Nov 2009
As a serving officer Hasan, 39, is likely to be tried in a military court in a system ultimately headed by Mr Obama in his role as commander-in-chief. No member of the US military has been put to death since the 1961 hanging of Army Private John Bennett for rape.
Mr Obama has followed a nuanced line on the death penalty in the past, saying it is not an effective deterrent but should be an option in extreme cases. In his memoirs he said capital punishment "does little to deter crime" but he supports it in cases "so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage by meting out the ultimate punishment".
Mr Obama and his wife Michelle are due to attend a memorial service in Fort Hood on Tuesday. The president will be constrained in what he can say. Any comment which prejudges guilt or sentence could later be cited by defence lawyers as "unlawful command influence". That would extend an already lengthy military appeals process.
Hasan, who is still in hospital after being shot four times, is expected to be charged with 13 counts of murder. Under the military legal system the case would be heard by a panel of 12 officers, all of whom have to outrank Hasan. Navy lawyer Philip Cave, a military crimes defence attorney, estimated that any future appeals process could take up to 15 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Or, he could die.
In agonizing pain, I hope. But either way, “die” is the preferred outcome.
Why don't we ever get to hear the details of the shot placements? We've heard about the hero's wounds.
I think life imprisonment is an appropriate punishment. HE needs life in a small dirty cell to think about what he did.
he doesn’t even take the threats to this country seriously, why would he even concern himself about this.
And the chances of that happening?
Slim to none, and going downhill from there.
Of course, given how long it takes for any court decision to grind its way through the appeals process, it’s likely that the decision will be made by President Palin.
Not only will she approve it, she’ll probably volunteer for the firing squad.
>> Why don’t we ever get to hear the details of the shot placements?
He was shot four times in the ass.
(Anywhere you shoot a Muslim, you shoot him in the ass.)
This just sucks he should be tried and FRIED!
That won't happen.
The spineless pacifist would NEVER put one of his own, a Muslim, to death. Obama identifies with this terrorist. He'll want to “rehabilitate” him and have us pay for the ultimate in his health care. If per chance he recovers, then he'll be released to live in our neighborhood.
Now, can you imagine Obama approving a death sentence for a Muslim, which would have HIS name on it ???
Know any other good jokes???
>> HE needs life in a small dirty cell to think about what he did.
OK. But enough about Obama. What do you think we should do to the terrorist?
Thanks, I guess I hadn’t thought it through.
You made my day by writing that.
Fat chance.
Heck, Obama agrees with Major Nidal Malik Hasan.
*ping*
I dunno. obama could help make this guy a martyr, you know.
Why would Obama stop the guy from getting his 72 virgins? I mean one Muslim to another. Give the guy his reward.
The dead number 14. He killed a pregnant soldier.
Can anyone please decipher Obama on this:
“does little to deter crime” but he supports it in cases “so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage by meting out the ultimate punishment”.
Don’t forget, we’d also have to apologize to Hasan for whatever perceived evils the infidels placed on him.
Don’t forget, we’d also have to apologize to Hasan for whatever perceived evils the infidels placed on him.
Don’t forget, we’d also have to apologize to Hasan for whatever perceived evils the infidels placed on him.
Next month.
With the outcome to be a Death Penalty order, from The Messiah, you can bet that this guy NEVER will make it to the gallows....he’s probably gonna get the Jim McDougal treatment, to avoid The Messiah having to piss off his radical voterbase.
” The president will be constrained in what he can say. Any comment which prejudges guilt or sentence could later be cited by defence lawyers as “unlawful command influence”.
Barry announced in his Saturday radio address that :
“This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center,
and began shooting his fellow soldiers.”
If only the Commander in Chief had a clue.
Or maybe he did....
I hope the Muslim dies and rots in hell. And the same for the killer at Fort Hood, if you get my drift....
Obamao will give him a medal.
Because a civilian officer was shot, Texas also has jurisdiction. Gov Perry has already said that this scumbag needs to be executed “under the “sovereign law of the State of Texas.”
He’ll fry.
“does little to deter crime” but he supports it in cases “so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage by meting out the ultimate punishment”.
Deterrence is bad.
Revenge is good.
The list, ping
Obama authorizing the death penalty for a Muslim? It will NEVER happen. He’ll say something like, “Vengeance is mine saith the LORD,” or not sending a message of hate to the Islamic world, but he’ll never do it.
Will never happen on obozo’s watch.
Win Win. If B.Hussein signs off on it he is an Apostate, if he does not he is a traitor. Oh what tangled webs we weave.
BS - by the time this swine is ready, Sarah will be POTUS and the swine will fry.
Well, now Barry....doesn’t THIS just keep on getting more and more delicious?
Texas is one state where I almost wish they’d let the civilian system do him. Ah, Texas...where when Ron White says they’re putting in an express lane to the death penalty, he’s only half kidding.
Good point. Very good point!
And THAT’s just ONE of the reasons why we love her SO much!
Zero will state that this is a teachable moment in how to be tolerant of the beliefs of others. He is not going to do anything to support Americans and their beliefs. I would also expect zero to pardon this guy since they are brothers in islam.
“Barack Obama Would Have To Approve Death Penalty”
FFC
He will never approve the death penalty. No way, Jose, Obama will spare his life and see to it that the worse this guy could get is life in prison, under supervised and good treatment, that’s all. Obama doesn’t believe in the death penalty when it comes to terrorists. He doesn’t even believe in specialized jails like Gitmo, either.
See my number #30.
Yes, didn’t William Ayers write in Obama’s book that he would stand by the Muslims .....
No, I bet for this guy, they’d happily put wheelchair access into the death house if they needed to.
hand him over to TX where they will deal with him for sure
Just execute him. If the muzzies want to make a martyr of him, so what? We can’t let them dictate how we operate our justice system. Not yet, anyway....
” you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back.” ... Ron White
Heck, I could kill him quicker than that with a pen knife.
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