Lead Prosecutor Named In Fort Hood Shooting Court Martial Case
The lead prosecutor in the court martial of accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan secured the death penalty in a similar case four years ago.
FORT HOOD (December 12, 2009)–Col. Michael Mulligan has been named the lead prosecutor in the court-martial of accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a senior military official in Washington told The Associated Press.
Mulligan secured the death penalty in a similar case four years ago, the official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity.
Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the Nov. 5 shooting rampage at Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Center that left 12 soldiers and a civilian dead and 29 others injured.
Mulligan prosecuted a case in 2005 in which Sgt. Hasan Akbar was sentenced to death for a 2003 attack on comrades in Kuwait that left two dead and 14 wounded.
Authorities haven’t said if they’ll seek the death penalty Hasan’s court-martial.
Hasan remains at Brooke Army Medical Center, where he’s recovering from injuries he received in an exchange of gunfire with two civilian police officers that left him paralyzed.
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Michael Waddington is a court martial lawyer – court martial attorney that defends military personnel worldwide as well as deployed civilian contractors subject to the UCMJ. He defends Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and civilian contractor court martial cases. He has successfully defended military personnel as a court martial lawyer Army Navy Marine & Air Force court martials in Germany, England, San Diego, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Stewart, Fort Gordon, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Yokota, and throughout the United States.
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