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Fort Hood gunman rests case without making statement
Source: Reuters
Fort Hood gunman rests case without making statement
By Ellen Wulfhorst
FORT HOOD, Texas | Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:55pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, facing the possibility of a death sentence for the November 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, rested his case without making a statement in the sentencing phase of his trial on Tuesday.
The jury of 13 military officers, who convicted the Army psychiatrist of killing 13 people and wounding 31 others, was instructed to return to court on Wednesday, when it will likely begin deliberating Hasan's sentence. Most of those killed and wounded were unarmed soldiers.
Given the opportunity to address the jury before the deliberations begin, Hasan declined to make any statement nor present any evidence in his defense.
"The defense rests," said Hasan, who has acted as his own attorney.
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By Ellen Wulfhorst
FORT HOOD, Texas | Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:55pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, facing the possibility of a death sentence for the November 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, rested his case without making a statement in the sentencing phase of his trial on Tuesday.
The jury of 13 military officers, who convicted the Army psychiatrist of killing 13 people and wounding 31 others, was instructed to return to court on Wednesday, when it will likely begin deliberating Hasan's sentence. Most of those killed and wounded were unarmed soldiers.
Given the opportunity to address the jury before the deliberations begin, Hasan declined to make any statement nor present any evidence in his defense.
"The defense rests," said Hasan, who has acted as his own attorney.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/27/us-usa-crime-forthood-idUSBRE97Q11A20130827