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Pentagon Plans Livestream of Nidal Hasan Execution Dec. 3

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC · How we work

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Hegseth Announces Execution Livestream

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon will broadcast Nidal Hasan’s firing-squad execution.
U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing a livestream of Hasan’s Dec. 3 execution.
Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, convicted in 2013, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3, the first since 1945.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Pope Leo XIV condemned the livestream, urging Catholics to refuse participation.

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U.S. Military Executes Hasan

Hasan was executed by the U.S. military, the first execution since 1961.
The Death Penalty Information Center records 135 U.S. military executions since 1916.
The previous firing-squad execution was Private Eddie Slovik in 1945 for desertion.
Hasan represented himself at trial, called no witnesses, and gave no testimony.
A civilian police officer shot Hasan in 2009, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

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Historical Context

Firing-squad executions have marked U.S. military justice—from General Washington’s Revolutionary-war death sentences to ten WWII executions, including Private Eddie Slovik in 1945, the only desertion execution since the Civil War. The Death Penalty Information Center notes 135 military executions from 1916-2020. Today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump’s plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution draws criticism from Archbishop Timothy Broglio.

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Hegseth Announces Execution Livestream

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon will broadcast Nidal Hasan’s firing-squad execution.
U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing a livestream of Hasan’s Dec. 3 execution.
Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, convicted in 2013, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3, the first since 1945.
Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Pope Leo XIV condemned the livestream, urging Catholics to refuse participation.

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