Fort Hood trial resumes as lawyers demand removal

August 8, 2013 at 5:18p.m.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The soldier on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood was allowed to continue representing himself today after the judge barred his standby attorneys from taking over, despite their claims that the Army psychiatrist was trying to secure his own death sentence. The military lawyers ordered to help Maj. Nidal Hasan had asked to either be removed from the case or be allowed to take over his defense. They said they believed Hasan was trying to secure his own death sentence for the attack that killed 13 people inside a processing center at the sprawling Texas military base.