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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Livestreaming first firing squad execution in decades ‘no brainer’, Hegseth says

  • Donald Trump’s administration has announced that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad on 3 December will be livestreamed to the public.
  • US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that broadcasting the execution was a "no brainer" to demonstrate that severe consequences exist for such acts.
  • Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was convicted in 2013 for killing 13 people and injuring 32 others at the Fort Hood military base in 2009.
  • The sentence will mark the US military's first execution by firing squad since 1945, following approval from Donald Trump.
  • The move is part of a wider effort by Donald Trump to expedite federal executions using methods such as firing squads, nitrogen gas and electrocution.

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