US plans to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s death; first public execution in 90 years
The US Pentagon plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. This would mark the first public execution in the United States in 90 years, sparking significant legal and ethical debate.
Why it matters
The decision challenges long-standing norms regarding the privacy of capital punishment and raises concerns about the state-sanctioned broadcasting of executions.
The Pentagon has announced that it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at the Texas military base where Hasan carried out the shooting.A Pentagon official confirmed the livestream to Reuters on Thursday, saying, “It will be livestreamed. Details will follow.” Defence secretary Pete Hegseth also confirmed the plan in a post on X, a day after saying the execution would be “public”.Hasan is set to become the first person executed by a US military firing squad since 1945.
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