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US to livestream Army execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon official says

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The US military will livestream the December 3 firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.

Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas.
A Pentagon official confirmed that the execution will be livestreamed, in an unprecedented move.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted in August 2013 of 45 counts of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder for the 2009 shooting that killed 13 people.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth championed the decision to hold the execution at the approximate time, day of the week, and location of the original shooting.
President Donald Trump approved the firing squad execution on Hegseth's recommendation, as required by US military law.
Hasan is set to become the first person executed by a US military firing squad since 1945.
The Trump administration recently added firing squad, electrocution, and gas asphyxiation as permissible forms of federal capital punishment due to difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs.