Nidal Malik Hasan killed 14 people, not 13
This is something that has bothered me throughout the media’s reporting of the Fort Hood massacre. Not only were 13 adults murdered by Hasan, he also took the life of a precious innocent baby — Private Francheska Velez’s unborn baby.
John McCormack, over at The Weekly Standard, points to the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004:
Under the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, Hasan is “guilty of a separate offense” for causing “the death of, or bodily injury (as defined in section 1365) to, a child, who is in utero at the time the conduct takes place.”
Hasan will likely have the book thrown at him and probably be sentenced to die, but I hope that, among the myriad of charges against him, a specific charge is made for the murder of Private Velez’s child. It won’t bring anyone back to life, but it will at least dignify a life that was cut extraordinarily too short.
