Posted on May 22, 2013

Video: Ft. Hood Shooter Still Drawing Salary–$278,000 and Counting

Ed Morrissey, Hot Air, May 21, 2013

There may be a good reason for this, but it’s still an outrage nonetheless, at least in terms of the disparate treatment of Nidal Hasan to his victims. Thanks to the lengthy delay in his court-martial, the Army can’t suspend Hasan’s pay, even though there is no doubt whatsoever that he murdered 14 people in a spree shooting at Fort Hood nearly four years ago. NBC’s Dallas-Ft. Worth affiliate investigates:

The Army certainly has to apply due process in this case. However, why has nothing proceeded on adjudicating Hasan’s case so that his salary can be cut off and his discharge issued? His court-martial will finally start on May 29th, fourteen months after its first scheduled start date, thanks to a flurry of pre-trial motions that set the schedule back. His defense team tried this month to delay it further, arguing that the Boston Marathon bombing would prejudice the jury, but the judge rejected the motion. {snip}

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