Crime | Fort Hood shooting Judge Orders Fort Hood Suspect to Get Rid of Beard Nidal Hasan must shave or be shaved before trial By Evann Gastaldo Posted Sep 6, 2012 1:03 PM CDT Copied This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram shows Nidal Hasan. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram) Nidal Hasan will definitely be clean-shaven before his murder trial begins, the AP reports. After a hearing today to determine whether a religious freedom law could allow the suspected Fort Hood shooter to keep his beard—which violates Army regulations—a military judge found that the defense couldn't prove Hasan is growing the beard for reasons related to his Muslim faith, and ordered that Hasan shave it or else be forcibly shaved. But Hasan's lawyers plan to appeal, which means another delay in the case. Read These Next RFK Jr. suggests antidepressants to blame after shooting. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Trump just used a spending maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago. Report an error