The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at…
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Atty: Hospital hearing set for Hasan
Pretrial confinement is a possibility
Updated: Friday, 20 Nov 2009, 2:57 PM CST
Published : Friday, 20 Nov 2009, 2:52 PM CST
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood said his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's civilian attorney, John Galligan, said Friday that military prosecutors notified him of their plans for the hearing at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
Hasan has been recovering there since the Nov. 5 rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 29 wounded. Hasan was shot by civilian members of Fort Hood's police force.
The hearing is to determine whether Hasan will be placed in pretrial confinement, which usually means jail. However, Galligan said he'll argue that Hasan should remain in intensive care because he is paralyzed and still needs hospital care.
Fort Hood officials didn't immediately return a call about the hearing.
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