Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military wants the execution open to the public and said people should be able to watch it.
- Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle set the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan for 1 p.m. Central on December 3 at Fort Hood, with the Pentagon confirming on Thursday that the firing squad execution will be livestreamed.
- Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was convicted in 2013 for the November 5, 2009 mass shooting at the Texas base that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others, marking the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since 1945.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the firing squad as a 'no-brainer,' stating the public should witness the execution so "people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things," framing the 2009 attack as a radical Islamist strike.
- For the 13 victims' families and survivors, the approaching execution prompts complex reactions; some plan to attend, while others like Leila Hunt Willingham seek closure through faith rather than witnessing the event.
- Pentagon officials confirmed the livestream will proceed, though specific platform details remain pending, while legal experts warn Hasan could file a habeas petition in civilian court to challenge his sentence, potentially delaying the December 3 execution.
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The Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday that Nidal Hasan, a soldier sentenced to death for a killing in a military base, will be shot by an execution platoon. A first since 1945, "and we will ensure that it is public," promised the US Minister of Defense the day beforeThe killing by platoon of the author of a killing that had killed 13 people on a military base in Texas in 2009 will be broadcast live, announced on Thursday the US Minister …
The Secretary of Defense wishes the Americans to witness the shooting of Nidal Hasan, responsible for killing 13 soldiers and injuring 32 others.
The US Department of Defense wants to livestream the execution of a man who killed thirteen people in 2009. This makes it likely the first public execution in the US in ninety years. Nidal Hasan was a major and worked as a psychiatrist in the US Army. Because he was a soldier and shot people at an army base, he is being executed by the US Army. It was already announced last Tuesday that this would be done by firing squad. But now the Pentagon a…
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