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Military judge taken off Ft. Hood shooting case over beard fight
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-fort-hood-shooting-beard-20121203,0,3617053.story
A military appeals court has thrown out a judge's order to forcibly shave Nidal Malik Hasan, who is charged in the 2009 Ft. Hood shooting rampage, and removed the judge from the case. (Bell County Sheriff's Department / August 22, 2012)
By Matt Pearce
This post has been updated, as indicated below.
December 3, 2012, 6:45 p.m.
The man accused in the Ft. Hood shootings may get to keep his beard -- at least for now.
A military judge's "duel of wills" with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan over whether Hasan would have to shave made the judge appear biased, requiring his removal from the case, a military appeals court ruled Monday.
Hasan, 42, is accused of killing of 13 people and wounding 32 others in a rampage at Ft. Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009.
Hasan, who is Muslim, said that he had grown the beard for religious reasons and that it was protected under freedom of religious expression.
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