Fort Hood Death Sentence
Soldier Sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for a 2009 shooting in Fort Hood, Texas. A death sentence for an army personal hardly ever happens. Maj. Nidal Hasan walked into a medical building where army soldiers were getting medical check-ups and shouted ‘Allahu akbar’ which means in Arabic for “God is great!.” He then opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. He killed thirteen army men and women that day and injured over 30. When police finally stopped him they had shot him in the back leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. He went to court being his own attorney never denying killing his fellow soldiers and he opened his hearing with
saying he “switched sides.” All the family members of the people he killed and the injured (over 90 witness) did not think he deserved to live so they asked for the sentence to be the death penalty. Maj. Nidal Hasan wants the death penalty so he can be killed by the government. That way he will die a “martyr”, others do not want him to get his way, they would like for him to spend life in prison without a chance at parole. I feel like Maj. Nidal Hasan should spend life in prison. It was wrong what he did. He was a United States soldier and should have fought for our country instead of against us and killing his own fellow troops. I don’t think giving him the death penalty is right because that is what he wants and he should have to sit in prison until he dies. He would then have plenty of time to think about what he has done and how wrong it is. Then again if he sits in prison we the people have to support his food and television watching with our tax money we pay. Works Cited The Associated Press. “Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting.” Winston-Salem Journal. August 28, 2013: 1-3. Print
saying he “switched sides.” All the family members of the people he killed and the injured (over 90 witness) did not think he deserved to live so they asked for the sentence to be the death penalty. Maj. Nidal Hasan wants the death penalty so he can be killed by the government. That way he will die a “martyr”, others do not want him to get his way, they would like for him to spend life in prison without a chance at parole. I feel like Maj. Nidal Hasan should spend life in prison. It was wrong what he did. He was a United States soldier and should have fought for our country instead of against us and killing his own fellow troops. I don’t think giving him the death penalty is right because that is what he wants and he should have to sit in prison until he dies. He would then have plenty of time to think about what he has done and how wrong it is. Then again if he sits in prison we the people have to support his food and television watching with our tax money we pay. Works Cited The Associated Press. “Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting.” Winston-Salem Journal. August 28, 2013: 1-3. Print