His life on line, Fort Hood gunman blocks lawyers

August 28, 2013 at 11:27a.m.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - With his life on the line, Maj. Nidal Hasan has done nothing to dissuade jurors from giving him a death sentence. When his standby lawyers pleaded in vain to argue on his behalf, he described them as “overzealous.” Hasan presented no witnesses or evidence during sentencing after being convicted last week of gunning down 13 people in a rampage at this Texas military post.