What is the Proper Sentence for Nidal Hasan?
Gary Fouse
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We will shortly know what the military jury decides should be the fate for Nidal Hasan, death or life imprisonment. Surprisingly, many are guessing that the jury will decide that life imprisonment with no possibility of parole is a harsher sentence than the death that Hasan apparently craves. After all, in his paralyzed condition, life in a cell trapped in a wheelchair and having to wear diapers for another 40 or so years is nothing to look forward to. Hasan thinks that with a death sentence, he will achieve martyrdom and go to Paradise, where he will be entertained by 72 virgins.
There are 13 jurors. If only one of them decides that Hasan would suffer more with a life sentence, that's what it will be. It must be unanimous for death.
Personally, I support the death penalty for premeditated murder and if this case doesn't merit the death penalty, few do. There is no worry that just maybe an innocent man has been convicted. He proudly admits it and was captured in the act anyway.
Were I to believe that Hasan's vision of martyrdom and paradise was true, I would say give him life imprisonment and let him rot to death in ignominy. However, I don't believe that for one moment. On the other hand, we have seen too many cases where life imprisonment turns into eventual freedom. In the case of the Blind Sheikh, we had been worrying about Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi pressuring President Obama to release this evil man who is sentenced to life in a US prison for plotting terror acts against us. (Fortunately, that worry has been removed courtesy of the Egyptian military.) Who is to say that some future president may find it expedient to placate some Middle East dictator-or hostage-taking terrorists- and turn Hasan loose?
In addition, even with a death sentence, appeals will take several years. Since it is only military and federal courts involved here, the process probably won't take as long as state-originated appeals do. Timothy McVeigh may be a closer template. Hasan will still have to spend some years sitting in his wheelchair and soiling his diaper before justice is administered.
Assuming most of his victims and their survivors want to to see the death penalty applied here, I think that is the fitting punishment. He has gotten his trial and the world has seen that we have a justice system that works better than any other-imperfect as it is. Hasan will eventually learn that his soul is not going where he thinks it is.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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Personally, I support the death penalty for premeditated murder and if this case doesn't merit the death penalty, few do. There is no worry that just maybe an innocent man has been convicted. He proudly admits it and was captured in the act anyway.
Few other Capital crimes in recent memory have so unequivocally warranted the death sentence.
Were I to believe that Hasan's vision of martyrdom and paradise was true, I would say give him life imprisonment and let him rot to death in ignominy. However, I don't believe that for one moment. On the other hand, we have seen too many cases where life imprisonment turns into eventual freedom. In the case of the Blind Sheikh, we had been worrying about Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi pressuring President Obama to release this evil man who is sentenced to life in a US prison for plotting terror acts against us.
I could not agree with you more. Only the death penalty provides 100% insurance against later release or recidivism.
Be that as it may, Nidal's typically Muslim lust for Islam's perverted version of "martyrdom" is a serious factor to consider. Equally important is guaranteeing that this scum-sucking piece of human excrement experiences some degree of pain and suffering similar to that which he has inflicted on the casualties of his attack and any survivors of the victims.
As a surviving relative of one Fort Hood fatality put it, "Why give him what he wants?". Even more so, why give Islam what it wants?
As you yourself note, "life in a cell trapped in a wheelchair and having to wear diapers for another 40 or so years is nothing to look forward to". For any sane human being, such a prospect would be a total soul-killer, at the very least.
Returning to your own point; the problem lies with how we are dealing with a marginally sane human being—a definition that fits most Muslims at the best of times.
Please understand that I have no compunction about "martyring" yet one more Lion of Islam™. If anything, I wish America would stop being so churlish and grant many thousands of Islam's top clerical, financial, scholastic and political figureheads their most fervent wish of immediate martyrdom.
However, in this particular case, giving the world's jihadist population a conspicuous example that involves one of their own rotting away, sitting in soiled diapers—let's face it, no prison warden on American soil is going to make Hasan's personal comfort anything remotely approaching a priority—and, we can only hope, being daily used as a prison wife, is something that almost makes the ridiculous expense involved worth it.
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After all, unlike fellow once-ambulatory piece of human excrement and Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, even if Nidal Hasan were to be pardoned later by some lame duck, second term Liberal president, it's not as if he could readily assume the role of jihadi once again.
That said, the notion of spending another million or three dollars to cage this worthless sack of shite for another few decades really chaps my @$$. Sadly, the last time America's military executed anybody—Army Pvt. John Bennett was hanged in 1961 at Fort Leavenworth prison in Kansas, convicted of raping and attempting to kill an 11-year-old Austrian girl—was over half a century ago; so it's a pretty safe bet that Hasan will escape a date with Mr. Needle.
My most major concern is seeing the Fort Hood victims all officially declared as casualties of war—so that the surviving families can collect enhanced benefits, a thing that they richly deserve after the government's cavalier treatment of their deceased loved ones—and, secondly, ensuring that Hasan's $278,000 in back pay is appropriately distributed among surviving relatives.
After few years of undignified squalor, terminal diaper rash and continually being on the receiving end of "hide the sausage" behind bars, an immobilized Hasan very slowly getting slipped a sharpened toothbrush shank is about the most optimal outcome beyond the measures mentioned above.
Saddest of all is that PCMC (Politically Correct Multi-Culturalist) boot-licking, useful idiots like General George " if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse" Casey and his treasonous ilk will not be sharing an aromatic cell perfumed with the stench of Hasan's overfull diapers. I would gladly see Hasan avoid execution if every last one of the Army's chain of command that ignored Nidal's business cards which clearly read, "SOA(SWT)" (shorthand among militant Muslims to "soldier of Allah." The last letters refer to "Subhanahu Wa Ta'all," which means "glory to God."), enjoyed the same fate as him.
Not many other recent cases of this sort provide better proof that some people cannot possibly die slowly enough.
A single last question remains:
Q: Does imprisoned jihadist, Nidal Hasan, wear boxers or briefs?
A: Depends.
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