1LT Michael Behenna’s Clemency Hearing has been set for January 7, 2009.

The hearing will be in Washington DC and his attorneys be pleading his case to reduce, if not eliminate, his current twenty year sentence for killing an Al-Qaeda operative.

Michael’s mother Vicki and others are heading to Washington the first week of December to meet with Senators, Congressmen, and anyone else who will listen to Michael’s story.

This Clemency Hearing (under the purview of the Secretary of the Army) is separate from and runs parallel to Michael’s legal appeal to have his conviction reversed and to get him a new trial where all the evidence can finally be heard.

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November 17, 2009
Dallas Morning News

Fort Hood massacre suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sought to have some of his patients prosecuted for war crimes based on statements they made during psychiatric sessions with him, a captain who served on the base said Monday.

Other psychiatrists complained to superiors that Hasan’s actions violated doctor-patient confidentiality, Capt. Shannon Meehan told The Dallas Morning News.

One day after the Nov. 5 attack that killed 13 and wounded 29, a Fort Hood official said she had never received complaints about Hasan’s job performance. Col. Kimberly Kesling, deputy commander of clinical services at the base’s Darnall Army Medical Center, also said he was a “hardworking, dedicated young man who gave great care to his patients.”

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Michael’s attorney, Jack Zimmermann, reports that the past 6 weeks have been spent in the research phase of preparing Michael’s appellate brief.

Four lawyers have been assigned potential appellate issues.   On Friday, October 30th they conferenced to select (from many) the strongest issues and started brief preparations. The brief is due on Dec 24th.

This will be before the Army Court of Appeals, and Michael’s attorneys feel his case will eventually go to the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

United American Patriots, through the Patriotic generosity of the American people, continues to fund this effort.

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November has been a really tough time for Evan.  His civilian attorney, Timothy Litka, who was working on Evan’s appeal, dropped from the case and re-entered the Army as a JAG officer, and with a promotion to Major.

This has abruptly stopped and appeals process.  The appeals brief that we received appeared to be fodder for the prosecution.

However, we were able to help Evan’s family find a new attorney, Gary Meyers.   Gary is an experienced attorney and is already jumping hard on the appeals process.

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UPDATE: October 31, 2006

Three defendants have now entered into plea bargains. They are;

Navy corpsman Melson Bacos

Pfc. John Jodka III

Lance Cpl Tyler Jackson

And, there is now mounting evidence about possible conspiracies and misdeeds within the Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS). This is the agency that conducted the initial investigations. We (UnitedPatriots) are in a full court press on this.

Update: October 17, 2006

Sergeant accused in Iraqi man’s killing appears in court; defense attorneys lining up trip to Iraq as Hamdania case moves ahead

By: TERI FIGUEROA and MARK WALKER – Staff Writers
CAMP PENDLETON —- A Marine sergeant accused of directing his squad in an alleged plot to kidnap and kill an Iraqi civilian squared his jaw and waived his right to make a statement Monday during a hearing to determine if his case will be ordered to court-martial.

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