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Pentagon says Fort Hood shooter execution will be livestreamed
BBC News··3d ago
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Nidal Hasan's execution will be public and livestreamed. Hasan fatally shot 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. The execution is set for December 3 at Fort Hood. Hegseth said: "Don't care. We'll see him on December 3rd." It will be the first military firing squad execution since World War Two.
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What It Means For You
- The December 3 date is set at Fort Hood unless appellate review blocks it.
- Lawyer John Mills said there is no modern precedent for a public execution.
- Military executions require presidential approval and appellate review.
What's Happening
- Pentagon officials confirmed the December 3 firing squad plan on October 8.
- President Donald Trump approved the execution, spokesperson Sean Parnell said.
- Hasan was convicted in 2013 of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others.
Military executions since 1961
- The last military execution was Army Private John Bennett, hanged on April 13, 1961.
- Hegseth said the military has not used a firing squad since World War Two.
- Hasan admitted in court he was the gunman in the 2009 medical building attack.
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