{"id":139362,"date":"2023-03-31T09:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T13:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=139362"},"modified":"2023-03-30T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T17:28:10","slug":"nidal-hasan-may-face-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=139362","title":{"rendered":"Nidal Hasan may face execution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nidal Hasan is appealing his case before the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. If things do not go favorably for Hasan, he could become the first military execution conducted by the U.S. military since 1961. However, Hasan may appeal the case to the Supreme Court. Joe Biden may also have a say on what happens; he could either uphold an execution decision, or lower it to a life sentence.<\/p>\n

From the Military Times:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

On Nov. 5, 2009, Hasan entered a readiness processing center at the Texas post and opened fire, killing 13 — including a pregnant soldier — and wounding 32. Hasan admitted to the shootings at his court-martial in 2013 and was sentenced to death.<\/p>\n

If Hasan is put to death, it would be the first military execution since 1961, when ex-soldier John Bennett was hanged after being convicted for raping and attempting to kill a young girl.<\/p>\n

The hearing Tuesday marks the next stage of the case in the drawn-out military appeals process. Regardless of the hearing’s outcome, it remains unclear if and when a decision on execution could be made.<\/p>\n

“I would say a lot could happen,” Richard Dieter, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told Military Times.<\/p>\n

Once a verdict is reached, the case will likely be appealed to the Supreme Court, Dieter explained. The president must also weigh in with final say on the ex-soldier’s fate. As commander in chief, the president is required to confirm an execution sentence or commute it to what would likely be life in prison.<\/p>\n

Exactly what President Joe Biden, who pledged to abolish federal capital punishment, would do remains unclear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Military Times provides the balance of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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