{
  "id": 13034247,
  "title": "US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/us-to-livestream-army-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-13034247",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T05:08:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2035879/us-to-livestream-army-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter-pentagon-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United States plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a former military psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. This would be the first execution by firing squad in the U.S. since 1945. Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 after being found guilty of 45 counts of murder. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth advocated for the execution by firing squad and confirmed the plans to livestream the event. No other country is currently known to broadcast or livestream legal executions. The last publicly executed person in the U.S. was hanged in 1936. The decision to livestream the execution comes amid discussions in the U.S. over the death penalty following a botched lethal injection of a Tennessee woman.",
  "summary": "The US will livestream the army’s upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon said, in what would be an unprecedented broadcast of a US execution. Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, is set to become the first person to be executed by firing squad by the US military since 1945. The execution is scheduled for December 3…",
  "key_points": [
    "Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood shooter, to be executed by firing squad",
    "First U.S. execution by firing squad since 1945",
    "Livestream planned for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The US plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, a move that marks a significant shift in transparency around capital punishment and sets a new precedent.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "US to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution: Pentagon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/us-to-livestream-fort-hood-shooters-execution-pentagon",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:48:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/us-to-livestream-army-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:52:10.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}