10 Responses

1. Is he being charged under military law or civilian law?

2. as opposed to something such as treason

   unless he raised the issue, motive is irrelevant, meaning the prosecution only needs to deal with the bare facts (allegeding he murdered people for forethought) and who cares why

3. Suspected??? or accused?

4. I hope military. Those guys are brutal.

5. #4 – A military trial is likely to be in his advantage. The military desperately wants him to be found insance. Having a traitor in their midsts, and not noticing, makes them look stupid. Having an officer experience an nervous breakdown is much less embarassing. No civilian jury would buy that, but a military jury consisting of senior officers who know that thinking like their superiors is the way to get along in the military, might be so inclined. Given that a civilian trial would probably involve a Texas jury, I suspect his lawyer prefers a court martial.

6. (AP) — Military officials say the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding 29 in last week’s shooting rampage at his military post in Texas will face 13 charges of premeditated murder under the military’s legal system. The decision makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

7. An eye for an eye.

8. akuperma – I’m not sure if you follow military law. It won’t be to his advantage. The Army will do what they have always done, blame the lowest ranking officer for missing the warning signs, so that they don’t all look like idiots. Which of course they do.

9. For what? It was just another isolated incident of mental illness, I was led to believe.

10. It’s about time to not judge this highly placed officer only, but to judge all the clerics who espouse jihad etc. We are getting closer and closer to the clash between Eisov and Yishmoel as described in Targum Yonoson on parshas Bolok, and in Eitz Daas Votov (R’ chaim Vital) on T’hilim 124. May the best man win, i.e. bnei Yisroel.