gigag04 wrote:Allowing /= believing
Exactly. In fact, one might even easily believe that the judge rolled his eyes while permitting that defense, knowing full well that it isn't going to go well for Hasan. In fact,
Hasan himself will make the case that this was
actual terrorism and not mere workplace violence as that tool in the oval office would have us believe.
I say let him try and make his case. When he's finished, the court is going to find him guilty and he's going to get the death penalty.....because HE will have made the argument himself.
Hasan had ONE avenue of escape left to him: an insanity plea. There are
too many victims who survived being shot and who have clear memories of him making eye contact with them as he shot them. There are
too many other witnesses who were unhurt but saw and heard
everything. There is absolutely no doubt that he did the things he did, and even his defense pays heed to the fact that he did the things he did. The only defenses left to him are about his motives: A) I did it because I'm crazy; or B) what I did is entirely justifiable with the "defense of others" argument.
(A) keeps him from getting the needle (or the rope or the firing squad or whatever the military uses these days). (B) is so utterly implausible that it guarantees him the needle.
Give him the needle. It's what he wants.
