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

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 witness it, that it is public, because people must understand that there are serious consequences for this kind of thing," Hegseth emphasized. The United States has not carried out a public execution in 90 years. The execution will be broadcast via live streaming. American media report this based on statements from a Pentagon official. The firing squad will be deployed on December 3 against the former US Army major. Nidal Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. 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 warden asked him if he had a final statement to make, Howard apologized to some family members of the victim, who were watching the execution through a glass window a few meters from the death chamber. "I hope you accept my apology and I hope for your forgiveness," he said shortly 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." Reproduction reserved © Copyright ANSA