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Posted by Alicia Norman on December 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A New York city teen pleaded guilty to a gang related assault that resulted in the stabbing of a Ecuadorean immigrant. In a plea bargain arrangement, Jose Pacheco agreed Wednesday to testify against other members of the gang who had a hand in the killing. The victim, Marcelo Lucero, was a dry cleaner who lived [...]
Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on November 9, 2009 · 1 Comment
On Thursday afternoon November 5, 2009, 39-year-old Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist who was awaiting deployment to Afghanistan at Fort Hood, Texas, the country’s largest military base, armed himself with two guns and opened fire on the grounds, killing 13 and injuring 38. He was brought down by two civilian officers who shot [...]
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Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on September 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
One hot-button issue of criminal law is the imposition of the death penalty. In 1972, the United States Supreme Court basically banned the death penalty as a violation of the Constitution’s 8th Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Four years later, however, the Supreme Court held that the death penalty is constitutional when applied [...]
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Military Psychiatrist Goes Ballistic
Posted by Allen P Wilkinson on November 9, 2009 · 1 Comment
On Thursday afternoon November 5, 2009, 39-year-old Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist who was awaiting deployment to Afghanistan at Fort Hood, Texas, the country’s largest military base, armed himself with two guns and opened fire on the grounds, killing 13 and injuring 38. He was brought down by two civilian officers who shot [...]
Filed under Commentary · Tagged with 13 killed, Afghanistan, army psychiatrist, counseling soldiers returning from war, deployment center, First do no harm, Fort Hood, Hippocratic Oath, horror stories, Iran, killing, killing spree, loner, massacre, Muslim, polite, poor performance evaluation, psychiatrist, PTSD, quiet, soldiers returning from war, stable condition, Texas, Walter Reed Hospital