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Former Army Major Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad on December 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas. This marks the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the method, and President Donald Trump approved it. Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 shooting that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others.
Former Army Major Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad on December 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas. This marks the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the method, and President Donald Trump approved it. Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 shooting that killed 13 and wounded 32.
President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad. The decision, recommended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, marks the first U.S. military execution in over 60 years and the first firing squad execution since World War II. Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people and wounded 32 others. While the method is legally authorized, no specific date or location has been publicly announced by the Army, though earlier reports suggested a December 3 timeline. The case remains subject to potential legal challenges via habeas corpus relief.
President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas, on December 3, 2026. This marks the first military execution in the United States since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the method, and Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the presidential approval. Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 mass shooting that killed 13 soldiers and wounded 32 others. The execution will take place at the same location where the crime occurred, ending a 65-year hiatus in military capital punishment.
President Trump approved the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the first military death sentence since 1961. The event is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas.
The Pentagon announced that former Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted for the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, will be executed by a U.S. Army firing squad. President Donald Trump approved the method recommended by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. This marks the first military execution since 1961 and the first firing squad execution since 1945. The Secretary of the Army will determine the specific time and location for the event.
President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas, on December 3, 2026. This marks the first US military execution in over 60 years and the first by firing squad since World War II. Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 massacre that killed 13 soldiers and wounded 32 others.
The Trump administration has approved the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan by firing squad, a method not used by the U.S. military since World War II. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, marking the first military execution in over 60 years.
President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan by firing squad, a method not used by the U.S. military since World War II. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 mass shooting that killed 13 soldiers and wounded 32 others. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the method, marking the first military execution since 1961.
President Donald Trump has approved the execution of former Army Major Nidal Hasan via firing squad. The decision, recommended by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, makes Hasan the first US soldier to face this method since World War II. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas.
Idaho becomes the first state to make the firing squad the primary method of execution, retrofitting a death chamber and relying on three volunteer marksmen to carry out eight executions, with a July 1 start deadline and about $1 million spent (including $24,000 for rifles). The move mirrors a wider U.S. trend away from lethal injection due to botched injections and supply issues, but it also raises concerns about pain, the possibility of misfires, and questions about how the process is conducted and who the shooters are. Past cases in Utah and South Carolina have shown that firing squad executions can fail or cause prolonged suffering, prompting ongoing debate about the method’s humanity and intent.
A Kentucky Baptist church faces backlash after a viral video showed staff in military-style costumes performing a mock firing squad in front of children during vacation Bible school. The pastor says it’s a long-running, symbolic skit to defeat evil, while critics, including Moms Demand Action, call it disturbing and unsafe; the church has not commented further.
The mother of Brooke George, a UK-based TikTok creator with about 100,000 followers, is pleading for her daughter to be spared death by firing squad in Dubai after she is charged with stabbing her boyfriend, William Treeby, during a visit to the UAE. Detained in Dubai says the attack was self-defense amid alleged abuse and control by Treeby; George remains in a Dubai jail facing either execution or life imprisonment with no parole as the case proceeds and international channels, including the British Foreign Office, monitor the situation.
The Justice Department announced it will allow firing squads as a method for federal executions to accelerate capital punishment, citing practical and logistical reasons; the policy could affect inmates on federal death row, such as Dylann Roof, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Robert Bowers, as the government seeks to ramp up enforcement of the death penalty.
The Justice Department announced it would reimplement the federal death-penalty protocol, reinstating lethal injection and adding the firing squad as an execution option while promising to streamline processes to speed cases. The move echoes the Trump-era push to strengthen capital punishment after Biden’s moratorium and subsequent clemencies, with Bondi lifting the moratorium in 2025 and directing prosecutors to seek the death penalty in appropriate cases, including the Mangione matter. A DOJ report defends pentobarbital as not violating the Eighth Amendment, a position critics say signals a return to aggressive execution policies.