The execution of the perpetrator of the Fort Hood massacre will be public

The execution of the perpetrator of the Fort Hood massacre will be public. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said so. Nidal Hasan "will face a firing squad made up of soldiers, as is right and proper, and we will make sure that people can attend, that it is public, because people need to understand that there are serious consequences for this kind of thing," he emphasized. The United States has not carried out a public execution in 90 years. It is not clear whether Hegseth was referring to public attendance or whether it will be broadcast on social media or TV. Jamaal Howard Meanwhile, Jamaal Howard, a 46-year-old American, was executed in Texas by lethal injection, in what is the first execution after the repeatedly failed attempt against Christa Pike in Tennessee, just a week earlier. Howard's execution, sentenced to death for killing a sales clerk during a robbery in 2000, is the thirtieth capital punishment carried out in the United States in 2026. The man was declared dead after the administration of a lethal dose of pentobarbital at the Huntsville state penitentiary. When the prison warden asked him if he had a final statement to make, Howard apologized to some members of the victim's family, who were watching the execution through a glass window a few meters from the death chamber. "I hope you accept my apologies and I hope for your forgiveness," he said just before the lethal injection procedures began. "I am sorry for what happened. I hope that one day you can learn to forgive me," he added, thanking friends and family and saying he loved them. He also said he was "at peace and ready to find peace and the Lord; I thank you all." He concluded by saying: "Enjoy life and peace to you all." All rights reserved © Copyright ANSA