The Pentagon says President Donald Trump has authorized the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the previous Military main convicted within the 2009 mass taking pictures at Fort Hood.
A put up on X from Sean Parnell, assistant to the Secretary of Protection for public affairs, mentioned Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth beneficial “demise by U.S. Military firing squad” for Hasan and that Trump authorized the advice. Parnell mentioned the Secretary of the Military will set the time and place of the execution.
Hasan, an Military psychiatrist, was convicted of 13 counts of premeditated homicide and 32 counts of tried premeditated homicide for the Nov. 5, 2009, taking pictures at Fort Hood.
A army jury unanimously sentenced him to demise.
If carried out, Hasan’s execution could be the primary by the U.S. army in additional than 65 years. The final service member executed by the army was Military Pvt. John A. Bennett, who was hanged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in April 1961
Firing squads have not often been utilized in fashionable U.S. executions, however their use has lately expanded. An April 2026 Justice Division report mentioned 5 states allowed firing squads as a way of execution and beneficial that the federal execution protocol embody firing squads and different alternate options to deadly injection. The report famous that the U.S. Supreme Court docket first upheld execution by firing squad in opposition to an Eighth Modification problem in 1878.
Hasan’s case is beneath the army justice system, which is separate from the federal civilian demise penalty system mentioned within the DOJ report. Army demise sentences require private approval from the president earlier than an execution can proceed.
This story initially appeared on NBCDFW.com.
