Trump approves firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says
Nidal Hasan sentenced to death by military jury in 2013 for carrying out deadly shooting attack at army base in Texas
TL;DR
- Donald Trump has approved the execution of Nidal Hasan by U.S. Army firing squad.
- Nidal Hasan was convicted of killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009.
- He was sentenced to death by a military jury in 2013.
- This would be the first execution of a U.S. soldier by the military in over 60 years.
- The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution.