Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Nidal Hasan's Beard Shaved Off by Force

THE GUARDIAN: Death row jailers dispense with concession that let army major keep facial hair during Fort Hood massacre court martial

The army psychiatrist sentenced to death for the Fort Hood shooting rampage has been forcibly shaved, an army spokesman has said.

Major Nidal Hasan began growing a beard after the November 2009 shooting that left 13 dead and 30 wounded. The beard prompted delays to his court martial because it violated army grooming regulations. He was convicted of all charges in August at his court-martial at the central Texas army post and sentenced to death.

Hasan, 42, who was born in America, is an inmate of the US detention barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, home to the military death row. Lieutenant Colonel S Justin Platt, an army spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday that Hasan had been shaved. He did not specify when or provide details. » | Associated Press in Fort Leavenworth | Wednesday, September 04, 2013