Overview
- The Pentagon announced this week that Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying the event will be open to witnesses.
- Officials have scheduled the execution for December 3, 2026, and an unnamed U.S. official told reporters the Pentagon intends to broadcast the event live.
- President Donald Trump formally approved the Defense Secretary’s request to carry out the sentence, a step confirmed by the White House spokesperson.
- Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the November 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people and wounded dozens, and he has been confined and reportedly uses a wheelchair since being shot during the attack.
- The planned action revives a practice not used by the U.S. military since 1961 and would be the first firing-squad execution since Eddie Slovik in 1945, drawing human-rights concerns and raising questions about military procedure and public access to capital punishment.