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(AP) Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting
By MICHAEL GRACZYK and NOMAAN MERCHANT
A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the
2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the
ultimate punishment after a trial in which he seemed to be courting
martyrdom by making almost no effort to defend himself.
The rare military death sentence came nearly four years after the attack
that stunned even an Army hardened by more than a decade of constant war.
Hasan walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical
checkups, shouted "Allahu akbar" _ Arabic for "God is great!" _ and opened
fire with a laser-sighted handgun. Thirteen people were killed.
Hasan, who said he acted to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American
aggression, had no visible reaction when the sentence was announced, staring
first at the jury forewoman and then at the judge. Some victims' relatives
were in the courtroom but none showed any reaction, which the judge had
warned against.
The American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent acted as his own attorney
and never denied his actions at the huge Texas Army post. In opening
statements, he told jurors that evidence would show he was the shooter and
described himself as a soldier who had "switched sides."
The same jurors who convicted Hasan last week deliberated the sentence for
about two hours. They needed to agree unanimously on the death penalty. The
only alternative was life in prison without parole.
Kathy Platoni, an Army reservist who still struggles with images of Capt.
John Gaffaney bleeding to death at her feet, said she was not opposed to the
punishment.
Hasan wanted "to be a martyr and so many of the (victims') families had
spoken to the issue of not giving him what he wants because this is his own
personal holy war," said Platoni, who watched most of the trial from inside
the courtroom.
"But on the other hand _ this is from the bottom of my heart _ he doesn't
deserve to live," she said. "I don't know how long it takes for a death
sentence to be carried out, but the world will be a better place without him
."
Hasan could become the first American soldier executed in more than half a
century. But because the military justice system requires a lengthy appeals
process, years or even decades could pass before he is put to death.
He was expected to be taken on the next available flight to the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
In his final plea for a death sentence, the lead prosecutor assured jurors
that Hasan would "never be a martyr" despite his attempt to tie the attack
to religion.
"He is a criminal. He is a cold-blooded murderer," Col. Mike Mulligan said.
"This is not his gift to God. This is his debt to society. This is the cost
of his murderous rampage."
Since the attack, the federal government has sought to execute Hasan,
believing that any sentence short of a lethal injection would deny justice
to the families of the dead and the survivors who had believed they were
safe behind the gates of Fort Hood, about 70 miles north of Austin.
And for just as long, Hasan seemed content to go to the death chamber for
his beliefs. He fired his own attorneys to represent himself, barely mounted
a defense during the three-week trial and made almost no effort to have his
life spared.
Mulligan reminded the jury that Hasan was a trained doctor yet opened fire
on defenseless comrades. Hasan "only dealt death," the prosecutor said, so
the only appropriate sentence was death.
Hasan was never allowed to argue in front of the jury that the shooting was
necessary to protect Islamic and Taliban leaders. But during the trial, he
leaked documents to journalists that revealed he told military mental health
workers in 2010 that he could "still be a martyr" if executed by the
government.
When Hasan began shooting, soldiers were standing in long lines to receive
immunizations and doctors' clearance. Many of the soldiers were preparing to
deploy, while others had recently returned home.
All but one of the dead were soldiers, including a pregnant private who
curled on the floor and pleaded for her unborn child's life. It was the
deadliest shooting ever at a U.S. military installation. More than 30 other
people were wounded.
The attack ended when authorities shot Hasan in the back. He is now
paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair.
The military called nearly 90 witnesses at the trial and more during the
sentencing phase. But Hasan rested his case without calling a single person
to testify and made no closing argument. Even with his life at stake during
the sentencing phase, he made no attempt to question witnesses and gave no
final statement to jurors.
Hasan's civil attorney, John Galligan, said Wednesday that Hasan received an
unfair trial. Galligan said he was disappointed in the sentence and was
confident it would be reversed on appeal.
Death sentences are unusual in the military, which has just five other
prisoners on death row. Of 16 death sentences handed down by military juries
in the last 30 years, 11 have been overturned, according to an academic
study and court records. No American soldier has been executed since 1961.
Eduardo Caraveo, whose father was killed in the rampage, said he cared more
about Hasan being convicted than about the sentencing. But he would have
preferred to see Hasan receive a life sentence.
"I didn't want him getting any satisfaction, so him getting killed by the
government just gives him what he wanted .... to be a martyr," said Caraveo,
who lives in Tucson, Ariz. "My main thing is him being held accountable for
his action. That's really all I ever wanted."
Authorities said Hasan spent weeks planning the Nov. 5, 2009, attack,
including buying a handgun and videotaping a sales clerk showing him how to
change the magazine.
He later plunked down $10 at a gun range outside Austin and asked for
pointers on how to reload with speed and precision. An instructor said he
told Hasan to practice while watching television or sitting on his couch
with the lights off.
When the time came, Hasan stuffed paper towels in the pockets of his cargo
pants to muffle the rattling of extra ammunition and avoid arousing
suspicion. Soldiers testified that Hasan's rapid reloading made it all but
impossible to stop him. Investigators recovered 146 shell casings in the
medical building and dozens more outside, where Hasan shot at the backs of
soldiers fleeing toward the parking lot.
In court, Hasan never played the role of an angry extremist. He didn't get
agitated or raise his voice. He addressed the judge as "ma'am" and
occasionally whispered "thank you" when prosecutors, in accordance with the
rules of evidence, handed Hasan red pill bottles that rattled with bullet
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: Hasan Sentenced to Death for Fort Hood Shooting
: (AP) Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting
: By MICHAEL GRACZYK and NOMAAN MERCHANT
: A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the
: 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the
: ultimate punishment after a trial in which he seemed to be courting
: martyrdom by making almost no effort to defend himself.
: The rare military death sentence came nearly four years after the attack
: that stunned even an Army hardened by more than a decade of constant war.
: Hasan walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical
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