🇺🇸 Pentagon announces live broadcast of Fort Hood shooter's execution
The Pentagon confirmed that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted for the 2009 attack at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, will be streamed live over the internet.
Hasan, a former Army major and psychiatrist, killed 13 people and injured another 32 in the attack. His execution is scheduled for December 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, by firing squad.
The decision marks a historic moment: it will be the first military execution in the United States since 1961 and the first use of a firing squad by the U.S. Army since 1945. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the public broadcast as a way to show the consequences of crimes of this nature. (The Wall Street Journal)
The move has already sparked an intense debate over the death penalty, state transparency, and the ethical limits of streaming an execution over the internet.
📅 December 3, 2026
📍 Fort Hood, Texas
🔫 Firing squad
📺 Live broadcast confirmed by the Pentagon
#UnitedStates #FortHood #Pentagon #DeathPenalty #NidalHasan #Politics #World
The Pentagon confirmed that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted for the 2009 attack at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, will be streamed live over the internet.
Hasan, a former Army major and psychiatrist, killed 13 people and injured another 32 in the attack. His execution is scheduled for December 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, by firing squad.
The decision marks a historic moment: it will be the first military execution in the United States since 1961 and the first use of a firing squad by the U.S. Army since 1945. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the public broadcast as a way to show the consequences of crimes of this nature. (The Wall Street Journal)
The move has already sparked an intense debate over the death penalty, state transparency, and the ethical limits of streaming an execution over the internet.
📅 December 3, 2026
📍 Fort Hood, Texas
🔫 Firing squad
📺 Live broadcast confirmed by the Pentagon
#UnitedStates #FortHood #Pentagon #DeathPenalty #NidalHasan #Politics #World