Posted on 11/09/2009 4:08:48 PM PST by LA Woman3
FORT HOOD (November 9, 2009)—John P. Galligan, a retired military attorney who now practices criminal defense law said he was contacted Monday by the brother of the man accused opening fire Thursday at Fort Hood, killing 13 and injuring 29.
Galligan, a retired Army Col., who practices in Belton and specializes in courts-martial, said Hasan’s family asked him to represent the Army psychiatrist, who was awake and able to talk Monday.
Galligan said he was hoping to meet with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan later Monday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
He told News 10 he informed military and government investigators that he is representing Hasan and that the Hasan not be questioned outside of his presence.
He said his main concern now is that Hasan gets adequate medical care.
Authorities won't say when charges would be filed or if Hasan would face military justice.
Galligan questions whether Hasan could get a fair trial anywhere, given the widespread attention to the case.
Galligan has represented soldiers in other high-profile cases.
In 2005, he defended two soldiers at Fort Bliss charged in the beating death of Afghan detainees.
In 2007, he represented a Fort Hood master sergeant accused of failing to take precautions during a training exercise in which a soldier died.
In 2006, Galligan challenged incumbent Bell County Judge Jon Burrows in the Republican primary, but lost 5,941-3,223.
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Guy I knew walked in on his wife and a co-worker. He was not happy with the First Sgts response.
He had access to the units armory and ended up ‘kidnapping’ his wife and the guy. Released them but went awol for a week.
His civilian attorney requested a special court martial instead of a general. Commander was ready to grant the request until they realized it would limit the jail time to 6 months.
Which this one does.
Still, while the accused (in legal terms) is allowed to have a civilian attorney, he is not required to have one, or have one appointed for him. He gets a JAG officer do defend him. So if no one would take the job, he'd still have the "Assistance of counsel for his defense" as required by the 6th amendment.
No body can need the money so badly, especially not retired military, to defend this slime. The JAG officer will be ordered to defend him, so that's OK. But this guy should have refused the job offer. I imagine it will be like "cleaning a porta potty with your tongue" before it is all over. "the accused" will probably blow up and fire him anyway, before it's all over.
Love that!
Seriously, he is entitled to a defense lawyer. Unless there's irrefutable proof of insanity -- like a growing brain tumor -- the attorney will likely urge Hassan to plead guilty and then try to keep him from the death penalty. Maybe that's not so bad -- Hasan believes he only gets his reward if he's martyred. No execution = no martyrdom = misery for life.
Was David Van Os unavailable?
Drag him out behind the hospital and shoot him in the head!
Everyone is entitled to an attorney. I’d have preferred that he didn’t live through being shot, but thats the way it is. I doubt if the attorney will try to defend his guilt much, but may plead for life sentence over death penalty on the perps behalf. Of course that will ultimately be up to the jury, and I can’t see them giving him anything but the death penalty.
Shep just announced that it will be a military court trial.
In other words it's all about Galligan and his 15 minutes.
He said his main concern now is that Hasan gets adequate medical care.
Any concern with the dead and wounded? Any concern with those left without mothers, fathers, sons and daughters?
For those of us who don’t know all the acronyms, what is CID?
My point, I think, was that the terrorist hasn’t been charged yet.
Are you saying because he is an American-born terrorist and not a foreign-born terrorist, he doesn’t go to Gitmo? So, really, this illustrates that it is more effective for the jihad to be conducted by the American born.
That is a GOOD thing.
Thanks for the information. He also ran in the 2006 Republican primary for County Judge.
The guy was caught in the act of shooting people, he shot one cop who was trying to stop him and tried to shoot the one who did stop him but he is still referred to as the “suspected” shooter or the “alleged” shooter. The MSM should have their butts whipped daily.
Nobody put a gun to this attorneys head to force him to represent this guy....Obviously, this attorney is a bottom feeder, looking for notoriety and a few bucks.
CID = Criminal Investigation Command (formerly Division), it the military/civilian staffed investigative arm of the US Army, exactly like the Navy's NCIS.
And it's not me saying he "doesn't go to Gitmo", it the US Supreme court in a series off rulings the last three years. Hasan is an American citizen. He has rights, as every American citizen has rights and one of those rights is due process.
And, even in the civilian world, you don't necessarily have to be charged or indicted before you're entitled to legal assistance. And, that's certainly true in the military, as well.
Pssss, I have an idea for Hasan.
Ask to see Obama’s birth certificate before you get executed. He is your CIC.
Re #34
Defense attorneys defend the accused, guilty or not. This is a Constitutional right.
Please refrain from showing your ignorance in the future.
Hasan gave a lecture saying Islamic law trumps the Constitution.
It doesn’t matter what he said. He has the Right under the Constitution.
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