Fort Hood Suspect To Represent Himself
What will happen now that a military judge says the accused Fort Hood gunman can represent himself at his court-martial this summer?
FOX News Radio’s Eben Brown reports:
As Army Major Nidal Hasan will defend himself against 13 charges of murder, the old legal adage that a defendant acting as his own lawyer has a fool for a client might ring true, especially in a military courtroom…
(Rose) “Well, self-representation in a military court-martial is rarely, if ever a good idea, particularly in a death penalty case.”
Charles Rose at Stetson University, a former JAG lawyer. Because you don’t need as many jurors to side with the prosecution. They only need two-thirds of a vote to convict, though such a small majority would negate any possibility of the death penalty.
Eben Brown, FOX News Radio.
