Pentagon confirms Fort Hood terrorist's firing squad execution will be livestreamed: 'Details will follow'
The Pentagon confirms Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution will be livestreamed, according to a Pentagon official.
TL;DR
- The Pentagon confirmed that the execution of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed.
- This will be the U.S. military's first execution in more than 60 years.
- The execution is scheduled for December 3rd at Fort Hood, Texas.
- Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood.
- He was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to death.
- President Trump approved the use of an Army firing squad.
- The last military execution by firing squad was in 1945.