The United States planned a public execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan on December 3, with the event to be livestreamed.
A U.S. military firing squad will execute Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood, Texas, on December 3, 2025. The execution, set to be the first by the U.S. military since 1961, will be livestreamed online. Hasan, a military psychiatrist, killed 13 people and injured over 30 during an attack on U.S. soldiers in 2013 and was convicted of death in 2013.
- Nidal Hasan, a military psychiatrist, killed 13 people and injured over 30 others in an attack on U.S. soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and was convicted of death in 2013.
- President Donald Trump expressed support for the execution by a military firing squad and cast doubt on livestreaming it, stating the decision was not finalized.
- Defense official Pete Hegseth announced the execution will be public and stated the public must understand the serious consequences of such acts.
- The Pentagon and a U.S. official confirmed the execution will be broadcast live on the internet.
- Vice President JD Vance said he would not watch a public livestream of the execution.
- The execution is set to be the first by a U.S. military firing squad since 1945 and the first since 1961.
- Amnesty International reported at least 17 public executions globally in 2025.
- The United Nations condemned the idea of a livestreamed execution as a violation of the absolute ban on torture.
- The U.S. government plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, which will be by firing squad.
- The military court initially decided Hasan would be executed by lethal injection.
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