Trib: Risch Grandstanding re: Massacre

JEERS … to Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho. Doesn’t he have anything better to do than grandstand on the Fort Hood massacre? Last week, Risch tried to get his name in the newspapers by announcing he will ask a U.S. Army prosecutor to add a 14th murder charge against Major Nidal Malik Hasan. “Both federal law and the Uniform Code of Military Justice allow for a murder charge when a person causes the death of an unborn child,” Risch said in a press release. “One of the victims, Private Francheska Velez, was pregnant when she was killed and as a result, her child died as well.” Does that Army prosecutor have enough to do without fending off the unsolicited advice of a U.S. senator? Do you think the prosecutor already knows about the law and how it applies to the death of a pregnant woman? Who has a better grasp of the evidence in the case, the prosecutor at the scene or the senator in Washington/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here

Question: Was U.S. Sen. Jim Risch grandstanding on the number of dead in the Fort Hood massacre? Or should prosecutors file a 14th murder charge against Major Hasan?