American Justice: No Guilty Plea for Hasan
When will a court not accept a guilty plea from a defendant?
American courts are notorious for accepting perjury from defendants who plead out on a deal, but every once in a while a judge will intervene for various reasons including mental capacity.
Unusual, though, is a judge who refuses a guilty plea because she wants to kill the defendant.
This is how the bad guys win. One by one, we throw away all the little things that make this country great. While it may be the in thing these days to fret about government surveillance, there are far more important things happening.
And I love the HuffPo headline: "Nidal Hasan To Enter Plea In Fort Hood Shooting Trial". No, the judge entered Hasan's plea for him, because he wasn't allowed to plead guilty.
And why not? Because if he does, we can't kill him.
God bless America.
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Notes:
Brown, Angela K. "Nidal Hasan To Enter Plea In Fort Hood Shooting Trial". The Huffington Post. July 2, 2013. HuffingtonPost.com. July 7, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/nidal-hasan-plea-_n_3532782.html
When will a court not accept a guilty plea from a defendant?
American courts are notorious for accepting perjury from defendants who plead out on a deal, but every once in a while a judge will intervene for various reasons including mental capacity.
Unusual, though, is a judge who refuses a guilty plea because she wants to kill the defendant.
Osborn also entered a not-guilty plea for Hasan, 42, after he refused to enter a plea.
Hasan told the judge Tuesday he earlier tried to plead guilty after his "Muslim community" told him his actions went against Islamic teachings. But he said he later came to believe his actions weren't wrong because of the war in Afghanistan.
Under military law, a death penalty case requires a plea of not guilty. The judge previously refused to remove death as a punishment option in Hasan's case after he asked to plead guilty.
(Brown)
Hasan told the judge Tuesday he earlier tried to plead guilty after his "Muslim community" told him his actions went against Islamic teachings. But he said he later came to believe his actions weren't wrong because of the war in Afghanistan.
Under military law, a death penalty case requires a plea of not guilty. The judge previously refused to remove death as a punishment option in Hasan's case after he asked to plead guilty.
(Brown)
This is how the bad guys win. One by one, we throw away all the little things that make this country great. While it may be the in thing these days to fret about government surveillance, there are far more important things happening.
And I love the HuffPo headline: "Nidal Hasan To Enter Plea In Fort Hood Shooting Trial". No, the judge entered Hasan's plea for him, because he wasn't allowed to plead guilty.
And why not? Because if he does, we can't kill him.
God bless America.
____________________
Notes:
Brown, Angela K. "Nidal Hasan To Enter Plea In Fort Hood Shooting Trial". The Huffington Post. July 2, 2013. HuffingtonPost.com. July 7, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/nidal-hasan-plea-_n_3532782.html