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Trump Approves Firing Squad Execution of Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan

Original: Trump Has Approved a US Military Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan, the First Since 1945

President Trump has approved a US military firing squad execution for Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people. It would be the first execution by firing squad in the US military since 1945, reviving debate over military capital punishment.

Why now: A sitting president approving the first US military firing squad execution in eight decades is an unprecedented and controversial act of clemency-adjacent decision-making.

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