- Donald Trump’s administration has announced that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by military firing squad on 3 December will be publicly livestreamed.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the decision to broadcast the execution as a no-brainer to highlight the severe consequences of such acts.
- Hasan was convicted in 2013 for the 2009 shooting at the Fort Hood military base, which left 13 people dead and 32 injured.
- The execution will mark the US military’s first use of a firing squad since 1945 and its first execution of any kind since 1961.
- The decision comes amidst a broader push by Donald Trump to resume federal executions and use methods such as firing squads to expedite sentences.
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