Military lawyers ask judge to reduce their role in Hasan trial
August 8, 2013
St. Louis Post-Dispatch- Richard Rosen, a retired colonel and professor of law at Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, said Wednesday’s proceedings, which he watched, were unprecedented.
FORT HOOD, Texas — Military lawyers advising accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan at his court-martial on Wednesday asked the judge to modify their role in the high-stakes trial, saying Hasan appears to be seeking the death penalty and that to assist him would be “repugnant.”
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Richard Rosen, a retired colonel and professor of law at Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, said Wednesday’s proceedings, which he watched, were unprecedented.