Official: Prosecutor named in Fort Hood case

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Official: Prosecutor named in Fort Hood case
By Angela K. Brown and Anne Gearan - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Dec 11, 2009 21:39:09 EST

FORT HOOD, Texas — A senior military official said Friday that a new lead prosecutor has been appointed in the Fort Hood shooting case, a man who secured the death penalty in a similar case four years ago.

Col. Michael Mulligan will head the prosecution of Maj. Nidal Hasan, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the investigation.

Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in connection with the Nov. 5 shooting on the Texas Army post. Hasan remains hospitalized in a San Antonio military hospital, recovering from gunshot wounds that left him paralyzed.

“They’re building a team and bringing in outsiders, which shows they’re going full steam ahead,” Hasan’s civilian attorney, John Galligan, said Friday of Mulligan’s appointment. “I just urge that they show the same degree of fairness to the defense, and I would like to think that every case is treated differently.”

Galligan said he has filed a motion to add two more military defense attorneys to his team.


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