Death penalty sought for Fort Hood shooting suspect
CNN Wire Staff
[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/CRIME/04/29/fort.hood.death.penalty/story.hasan.jpg caption="Maj. Nidal Hasan is suspected of shooting 13 people to death at Fort Hood in Texas." width=300 height=169]
The Army officers responsible for prosecuting the Fort Hood shooting suspect will be seeking the death penalty, the suspect's attorney told CNN.
John Galligan - the attorney for the suspect, Maj. Nidal Hasan - said that the filing of a memo by the prosecutors Wednesday indicated that finding Hasan guilty of more than one of the murders would constitute the "aggravating factor" necessary for the Army to seek the death penalty.
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