Pentagon Sets Dec. 3 Public Firing‑Squad Execution for Nidal Hasan

Overview

• The Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say Nidal Hasan will be executed by a military firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3, following a recommendation Hegseth made and President Donald Trump’s approval.
• Hegseth and Pentagon officials have said the execution will be public and intend to make it available by live broadcast, with an intended time around 1 p.m. to roughly match the weekday and hour of the 2009 attack.
• Military law requires presidential approval and further appellate review before an execution can proceed, so pending appeals and final legal determinations could alter or delay the planned date.
• Hasan was convicted for the 2009 Fort Hood shootings that killed 13 people and wounded dozens; he was shot during his arrest, is partially paralyzed and remains on military death row.
• If carried out, the action would be the first U.S. military firing‑squad execution since 1945 and the first military execution since 1961, a rarity that raises legal, ethical and public‑policy questions and is likely to shape public debate and victims’ families’ response.