This one has me scratching my head – bigtime.<\/p>\n
According to his military lawyer, accused Fort Hood mass-murderer Nidal Hasan offered twice to plead guilty<\/a>.\u00a0 The Army apparently rejected both offers.<\/p>\n FORT HOOD, Texas \u2014 The Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre twice offered to plead guilty and “accept full responsibility” for the crime earlier this year, his lead defense attorney said Thursday.<\/p>\n After the government turned him down in January, Maj. Nidal Hasan offered to plead guilty again last month without a deal \u2014 and also tried to challenge Army rules that prohibit a judge from accepting a guilty plea to murder in a death penalty case, said Lt. Col. Kris Poppe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I can understand why the Army likely refused the first attempt at a plea; it almost certainly included conditions as part of the deal that the Army didn\u2019t want.\u00a0 And I can technically understand the second refusal, too.\u00a0 After all, rules are rules.<\/p>\n No, what confuses me is the rule itself.\u00a0 Why in the hell can\u2019t an Army judge accept a guilty plea in a case where the death penalty is on the table?<\/p>\n If any of our military lawyers (or other readers) could clarify, I\u2019d be greatly obliged.\u00a0 Because that just doesn\u2019t pass the common-sense test.<\/p>\n Sometimes it really<\/em> seems like Pogo was right after all<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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