Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
The decision could make Hasan the first U.S. military prisoner executed in more than 60 years after his 2013 death sentence was upheld on appeal.
- On Monday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced that President Donald Trump approved Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recommendation to execute Nidal Malik Hasan by U.S. Army firing squad.
- Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, opened fire at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center on November 5, 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others; a military jury convicted him of premeditated murder in 2013.
- This execution would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961, when Pvt. John Bennett was hanged, and the first firing-squad execution since World War II in 1945.
- Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle will determine the time and place for the execution, though habeas corpus appeals in federal court could delay the process for years, according to legal experts.
- The administration's move follows a botched lethal injection in Tennessee last week involving inmate Christa Pike, which prompted Governor Bill Lee to halt state executions and order an independent review.
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Army to execute Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan the old-fashioned way — and Republicans are all for it
The man who shot and killed 13 people at Fort Hood nearly two decades ago will face execution by firing squad, according to an order from President Donald Trump.U.S. Army Major and psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted for the Nov. 2009 mass shooting that killed 13 and injured at least 30 others near Killeen, Texas. He was sentenced to death after a 2013 court-martial.Hasan said in court that the attack was intended to keep the US out of …
Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death for killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood base in 2009
Trump Approves Firing Squad for Fort Hood Killer Nidal Hasan
President Trump has approved death by Army firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, moving toward justice for the 13 Americans killed in his 2009 jihadist attack. The decision clears a long-stalled path to carry out the death sentence against the former Army major and psychiatrist who opened fire on unarmed soldiers at a […]
'Judgement Day Has Finally Come,' Pentagon Says as Donald Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Killer at Pete Hegseth's Recommendation
President Donald Trump approved a firing squad execution for Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan, which would be the first execution of a military member since 1961.
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