Where IS the EQUAL justice?

I received this via email. Author unknown, but it brings up some very good points;

"After reading the headlines this week about the US soldier who shot up Afghanistan civilians, I couldn't help noticing an irony.  There is all the clamor to try this guy quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury.*  Yet that Major Hasan,** who shot up Fort Hood while screaming "Allah akbar", still hasn't stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible.     

"So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately.  But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13, wounds 29 of our own and his fellow troops, and they try to argue the poor doctor suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience.

"Two and a half years later, they still haven't tried the murderous sucker. Yet there's an outcry to immediately try this other poor troop who'd been  quickly and execute him."

"Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Mark Twain

*Reichmann, D. (2012, Marc 23). Robert bales charged in afghan shooting rampage. The News Tribune. Retrieved from http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/03/22/2078328/bales-to-be-charged-with-murder.html

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/03/22/2078328/bales-to-be-charged-with-murder.html#storylink=cpy

**Wikipedia. (2012, Marc 24). Nidal malik hasan. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidal_Malik_Hasan