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Ken Burch

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3. It's hardly the central issue here, though.

Reply to alp227 (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 12:19 AM

Dec 2012

Not looking to pick a fight with you, just wondering if it was ever worth if for the judge to obsess on that particular trivial detail.

It's not as if the guy was gonna be acquitted if they couldn't make him shave.

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Fort Hood shootings: judge who ordered beard shaved is taken off case [View all] alp227 Dec 2012 OP

Why did the judge even CARE about the freaking beard? Ken Burch Dec 2012 #1

Because court rules forbid facial hair. alp227 Dec 2012 #2

It's hardly the central issue here, though. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #3

It's a military court. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #14

Well, not court rules, precisely.... PavePusher Dec 2012 #9

It violates army regulations - not court regulations dballance Dec 2012 #4

The defendant is in the Army KWorth Dec 2012 #5

OOPs, sorry. I'm wrong. dballance Dec 2012 #6

No problem. KWorth Dec 2012 #7

He was. jmowreader Dec 2012 #8

Wrong case, councellor.... PavePusher Dec 2012 #10

That beard thing went on for months.... LeftInTX Dec 2012 #11

The military mindset in action...who cares if it's a massacre trial? Ken Burch Dec 2012 #12

I thought the same thing. Odd isn't it? Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #13