US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
Nidal Hasan would be first to be executed by US military firing squad since 1945.
The US military will livestream the execution of former army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan by firing squad, marking the first such execution by the US military since 1945. Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, is set to be executed on December 3 at the Texas base where the shooting occurred. The Pentagon plans to stream the execution, although no other country has done so before.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who advocated for the firing squad, stated the decision was "a no-brainer." No compelling reason exists to make the execution public, according to military law expert Jonathan Lurie.
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