# Will the Fort Hood trial have a political effect on President Obama? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 8, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666 "2013-08-08T02:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/81 "2013-08-23T19:16:29Z")
Good…hopefully, it will be 13 life sentences. As a high level parapeligic, he won’t last long in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/83 "2013-08-27T03:37:55Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’d say he will probably go to that ultramax prison in Colorado where the Unabomber resides, among others… More likely he stays in military custody - at Ft. Leavenworth, presumably. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/84 "2013-08-27T05:52:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > More likely he stays in military custody - at Ft. Leavenworth, presumably. The guy’s going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. I wonder how well-equipped the facilities at Leavenworth are for someone with his condition. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/85 "2013-08-27T22:20:35Z")
If the death penalty would be carried out, what method is used? I think the guy in 1961 was hanged, but I need to check up on that. ETA: It would be lethal injection. Found it in Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/86 "2013-08-28T00:41:36Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > The guy’s going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. > [@Baker](#): > > I think the guy in 1961 was hanged Anyone else thinking of the scene in _Blazing Saddles_ where they’re hanging a guy in a wheelchair? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/87 "2013-08-28T02:03:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Anyone else thinking of the scene in _Blazing Saddles_ where they’re hanging a guy in a wheelchair? 😛 Wasn’t there a rope around the horse’s neck too? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/88 "2013-08-28T02:05:32Z")
That’s how I remember it, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/89 "2013-08-28T02:24:36Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Wasn’t there a rope around the horse’s neck too? There was [a guy in a wheelchair](http://www.morethings.com/fan/blazing_saddles/blazing-saddles-205.jpg), and also [a guy on a horse](http://xfb.xanga.com/4a6d416b2353688714969/w61387987.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/90 "2013-08-28T19:07:09Z")
Hasan has been sentenced to death. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/91 "2013-08-28T20:02:33Z")
When it happens, twenty years or so from now (if he even lives that long), hardly anyone will remember why. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/92 "2013-08-28T21:09:13Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > When it happens, twenty years or so from now (if he even lives that long), hardly anyone will remember why. Maybe even longer. The longest-sitting Military Death Row inmate was sentenced in 1988, did not have the death writ signed until 2008, and is still hanging in there after a court stay. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/93 "2013-08-28T21:11:07Z")
If that happens for Hasan I expect we will hear it’s Obama’s fault, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/94 "2013-08-29T00:24:07Z")
Of course I suspect Hasan isn’t going to appeal his sentence. I’m not sure how that will affect the process. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/95 "2013-08-29T00:24:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Hasan has been sentenced to death. God damn it. Way to give him exactly what he wanted: martyrdom. _Dance, you puppets, DANCE!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666/96 "2013-08-29T02:18:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Of course I suspect Hasan isn’t going to appeal his sentence. I’m not sure how that will affect the process. There is a mandatory appeal, whether he wants it or not: \*In courts martial, appellate review is mandatory and cannot be waived or withdrawn when the sentence includes death. Under military law, any sentence calling for more than one year of incarceration gets an automatic review by the Army Court of Military Review, which then goes to the Armed Forces Court of Appeals. \* From here: [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201\_162-57600496/fort-hood-shooter-sentenced-to-death-lengthy-appeals-ahead/](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57600496/fort-hood-shooter-sentenced-to-death-lengthy-appeals-ahead/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fort-hood-trial-have-a-political-effect-on-president-obama/665666.md?page=4)