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Trump approves firing squad execution for 2009 Fort Hood shooter

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US President Donald Trump has approved the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a former US Army psychiatrist who killed 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. The execution marks the first military firing squad since 1961.

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the execution, which was approved by Trump. Hasan, who represented himself in his 2013 trial, admitted to the attack and apologized for his actions.

The execution will be carried out by the Secretary of the Army. It follows a long-standing legal debate over the use of firing squads in military executions. The method was last used in 1961 and was previously deemed unconstitutional by the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in 1983.

The decision to execute Hasan by firing squad has sparked debate over the use of capital punishment in military cases. The US military has not carried out a firing squad execution since the end of World War Two.

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  2. the-hill — Trump approves death by firing squad for convicted terrorist ·
  3. bbc — Fort Hood shooter to be executed by firing squad, in first since World War Two ·

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