On Nov. 12, 2009 Hasan ''was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the military's legal system, making him eligible for the death penalty''; ''it had not been decided whether to charge Hasan with a 14th count of murder related to the death of the unborn child of a pregnant shooting victim.'' <ref> [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting Army: Fort Hood suspect charged with murder.] </ref> Hasan's family asked John P. Galligan, a retired Army colonel, to represent him.
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On Nov. 12, 2009 Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the military's legal system, making him eligible for the death penalty. It has not been decided whether to charge Hasan with a 14th count of murder related to the death of the unborn child of a pregnant shooting victim. <ref> [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting Army: Fort Hood suspect charged with murder.] </ref> Hasan's family asked John P. Galligan, a retired Army colonel, to represent him.