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Pentagon livestreams Fort Hood shooter's execution
Pentagon plans live-stream of Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution, nearly 90 years after last public US execution.
In brief
Pentagon plans live-stream of Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution, nearly 90 years after last public US execution. The Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad on December 3, 2026, marking the first public US execution in nearly 90 years. Originally reported by LADbible.
Fort Hood shooter set for public execution
Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan is set to become the first person to be publicly executed in the US in almost 90 years.
Hasan's 2009 attack
Former US army major Hasan killed 13 people and injured more than 30 others in the 2009 mass shooting at the Texas army base.
Hasan's trial claim
At his trial in 2013, Hasan said he had 'switched sides' and claimed he’d carried out the deadly attack out of a wish to protect Islamic and Taliban leaders from US troops and his anger at being to Afghanistan.
Pentagon approves execution
US President Donald Trump approved death by firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009.
Secretary Hegseth's livestream plan
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the execution will be livestreamed to make it public and show serious consequences for such actions.
Legal concerns about livestream
Death row lawyer John Mills called the execution livestream 'unprecedented in the modern era' and 'uncertain legal terrain'.
Last public US execution
The last public execution in the US was on May 21, 1937, when Roscoe Jackson was put to death for the murder of travelling salesman Pearl Bozarth.
Execution date and witnesses
Hasan is due to be executed on December 3, 2026, with witnesses including family, victims' families, spiritual advisors, prison chaplains, and prison doctors.
What matters most
The Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad on December 3, 2026, marking the first public US execution in nearly 90 years.
