Pentagon says Fort Hood gunman’s execution will be livestreamed
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The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution is scheduled for December 3 at 1 p.m. local time at Fort Hood, matching the approximate time of the attack. President Donald Trump approved the execution, which would be carried out by soldiers with rifles.
Hasan opened fire at the base’s Soldier Readiness Center on November 5, 2009. A military jury convicted him in 2013 and imposed the death penalty. The execution would be the US military’s first since 1961 and its first by firing squad since 1945. Legal experts said Hasan could seek review in civilian court, potentially delaying or preventing the scheduled execution.
The livestream plan has drawn criticism from human-rights officials and some lawmakers. The UN human rights office said broadcasting an execution would amount to a public execution and breach the prohibition on torture. Democratic lawmakers Adam Smith and Chris Murphy separately condemned turning the punishment into a public spectacle.
Alonzo Lunsford, a survivor who was shot seven times, told the BBC that he supports execution by firing squad and plans to attend, but opposes making an uncensored broadcast available to the general public. He said victims’ families and survivors should be permitted to watch.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the unsupported claim that the execution date matches the date of the 2009 attack. - "matching the date and approximate time of the attack 17 years earlier": The sources say the Fort Hood attack occurred on November 5, 2009, while the execution is scheduled for December 3, 2026; only the timing is sourced as matching the attack.
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Pentagon says Fort Hood gunman’s execution will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution is scheduled for December 3 at 1 p.m. local time at Fort Hood, matching the date and approximate time of the attack 17 years earlier.attack. President Donald Trump approved the execution, which would be carried out by soldiers with rifles.
Hasan opened fire at the base’s Soldier Readiness Center on November 5, 2009. A military jury convicted him in 2013 and imposed the death penalty. The execution would be the US military’s first since 1961 and its first by firing squad since 1945. Legal experts said Hasan could seek review in civilian court, potentially delaying or preventing the scheduled execution.
The livestream plan has drawn criticism from human-rights officials and some lawmakers. The UN human rights office said broadcasting an execution would amount to a public execution and breach the prohibition on torture. Democratic lawmakers Adam Smith and Chris Murphy separately condemned turning the punishment into a public spectacle.
Alonzo Lunsford, a survivor who was shot seven times, told the BBC that he supports execution by firing squad and plans to attend, but opposes making an uncensored broadcast available to the general public. He said victims’ families and survivors should be permitted to watch.
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