Making a federal case out of Hassan's beard is stupid

Shave him since he used to do it himself with no problem at all! All of a sudden he has a reason to have a beard?

Court Weighs Whether Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Should Be Forcibly Shaved
August 22, 2012
NPR
by EYDER PERALTA

During a hearing in front of a military appeals court, a panel of judges considered arguments on whether Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hassan should be forcibly shaved.

Hassan's murder trial has been put on hold while the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces decides on what to do about Hasan's beard. Hasan is charged with killing 13 people and wounding more than two dozen others in a shooting spree in November of 2009 at the Fort Hood Army post.

Lawyers for military judge Col. Gregory Gross made the argument that forced shavings are not unusual in the military.
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Making a federal case out of this is delaying justice for the families of the dead and the wounded he is accused shooting.