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Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Unlikely to Get Death Penalty

By | 11.11.09 | 2:41 pm

Crimes that occur on military bases are usually heard in the military justice system. But while that may sound harsher than a civilian court, the sentences usually turn out to be more lenient.

The result is that Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly gunned down 13 people at More…

Graham Amendment Would Bar Trials of Terror Suspects in Federal Court

By | 11.05.09 | 2:49 pm

When I wrote my earlier post about the group of illustrious Americans urging the Obama administration to close Guantanamo and bring suspected terrorists to justice in U.S. federal courts, I neglected to mention that Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), joined by Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jim More…