Fort Hood military base where execution is scheduled

Trump Approves First Military Firing Squad Execution Since WWII

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The Pentagon announced that Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009. This decision follows a recent botched lethal injection in Tennessee, marking the first military firing squad execution since World War II.

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