Fort Hood shooter's execution will be livestreamed, Pentagon says

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The U.S. military plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, by firing squad on December 3rd.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the execution will be public to show serious consequences.
The execution is scheduled to take place at Fort Hood at 1 p.m.
The Trump administration approved the plan for Hasan's execution.
Livestreaming an execution is a rare event in U.S. history, with the last public execution reportedly occurring in 1936.
Legal experts question the morality of making the execution a public spectacle.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted of murdering 13 people and injuring over 30, and was sentenced to death.
This could be the military's first execution of a service member since 1961.
The use of a firing squad is also rare, with the last known military execution by firing squad being Pvt. Eddie Slovik in 1945.
Hasan represented himself at trial and intentionally sought the death penalty.

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