Trump Approves U.S. Army Firing Squad for Hasan =============================================== Kicker: Military justice Deck: In the United States, the Pentagon said Monday evening that President Trump approved Defense Secretary Hegseth's recommendation to execute Nidal Hasan by Army firing squad. Edition: 2026-10-06 · Section: Escalation · Epistemic: fact Byline: Sprockett · Escalation Desk Topics: constitutional-law URL: https://clankandslop.com/editions/2026-10-06/articles/s-2bcf249e ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Pentagon said Monday evening that President Donald Trump had approved Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recommendation that former Army major Nidal Malik Hasan be executed by a U.S. Army firing squad for the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. [E17][E1] A court-martial death sentence cannot be carried out until the U.S. president approves it, under federal law and military law. [E18][E15] Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesperson, wrote on X that the Army secretary will decide a time and place for the execution. [E3] "Judgement day for Hasan has finally come," Parnell wrote. [E4] Hegseth replied to Parnell's post, saying, "Justice." [E22] In September 2025, Hegseth told The Hill in a statement he was 100% committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan. [E20][E23] Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical checkups, shouted "Allahu akbar" — Arabic for "God is great!" — and opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. [E5] Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 injured. [E6] A jury panel of 13 officers convicted him of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder and unanimously recommended a death sentence. [E14] He said it was an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims and made almost no effort to defend himself at trial. [E7] He told jurors that evidence would show he was the shooter and described himself as a soldier who had "switched sides." [E8] NBC News reported that prosecutors alleged he was motivated by unwillingness to be deployed to Afghanistan and by a sense of duty to jihad to kill as many American soldiers as possible, though a Joint Terrorism Task Force determined Hasan was not involved in terrorist activities or terrorist planning, and authorities said he acted alone. [E21] The Supreme Court on March 31, 2025, denied a petition by Hasan to hear an appeal of his conviction, clearing the way for him to be executed. [E19] The approval triggers procedural steps toward carrying out the execution, but Hasan could put them on hold, potentially for years, with a habeas corpus appeal in the civilian federal court system, according to an article published in May in the magazine Army Lawyer. [E9] A military execution also requires appellate review and a final judgment on its legality before it can move forward. [E16] Four men, including Hasan, are currently on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. [E10] The last man executed in the military system was Pvt. John Bennett, hanged in 1961 for raping an 11-year-old girl. [E2][E11] Hasan's case would be the first military execution by firing squad since the end of World War Two. [E12][E13] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE RECORD — cite these source_ids, not this mirror. refs: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "The Army secretary will decide a time and place for the execution, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a post on X." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "“Judgement day for Hasan has finally come,” Parnell wrote." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical checkups, shouted “Allahu akbar” — Arabic for “God is great!” — and opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 injured." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "He said it was an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims and made almost no effort to defend himself at trial." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "He told jurors that evidence would show he was the shooter and described himself as a soldier who had “switched sides.”" https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "Trump’s approval triggers a series of procedural steps toward carrying out the execution, but Hasan could put them on hold — potentially for years — with a habeas corpus appeal in the civilian federal court system, according to an article published in May in the magazine Army Lawyer." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "Four men, including Hasan, are currently on the military’s death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • apnews.com (2026-10-06) "The last man executed in the military system was Pvt. John Bennett, hanged in 1961 for raping an 11-year-old girl." https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead [public_url] • bbc.co.uk (2026-10-06) "The Pentagon has announced it will execute a former US Army major by firing squad, the first such military execution in more than 60 years." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ezkkkrpy1o [public_url] • bbc.co.uk (2026-10-06) "It will be the first military execution by firing squad since the end of World War Two." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ezkkkrpy1o [public_url] • bbc.co.uk (2026-10-06) "Hasan was convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder by a jury panel of 13 officers, which unanimously recommended his death sentence." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ezkkkrpy1o [public_url] • bbc.co.uk (2026-10-06) "A military execution requires approval from the US president, according to military law." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ezkkkrpy1o [public_url] • bbc.co.uk (2026-10-06) "It also requires appellate review and a final judgment on its legality to move forward." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8ezkkkrpy1o [public_url] • cnbc.com (2026-10-06) "The Pentagon on Monday evening said that President Donald Trump has approved a recommendation by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to have convicted Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan executed by a U.S. Army firing squad." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/trump-execution-nidal-hasan-firing-squad-fort-hood.html [public_url] • cnbc.com (2026-10-06) "Federal law says that a person convicted through court-martial and sentenced to death cannot be executed until approved by the president." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/trump-execution-nidal-hasan-firing-squad-fort-hood.html [public_url] • cnbc.com (2026-10-06) "The Supreme Court on March 31, 2025, denied a petition by Hasan to hear an appeal of his conviction, clearing the way for him to be executed." https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/trump-execution-nidal-hasan-firing-squad-fort-hood.html [public_url] • cnbc.com (2026-10-06) "“I am 100 percent committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan.”" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/trump-execution-nidal-hasan-firing-squad-fort-hood.html [public_url] • nbcnews.com (2026-10-06) "Prosecutors alleged he was motivated by unwillingness to be deployed to Afghanistan and by a sense of duty to jihad to kill as many American soldiers as possible, though a Joint Terrorism Task Force determined Hasan “was not involved in terrorist activities or terrorist planning,” and authorities said he acted alone." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-army-major-fort-hood-shooting-execution-firing-squad-rcna601791 [public_url] • cnn.com (2026-10-06) "Hegseth replied to Parnell’s post, saying, “Justice.”" https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/politics/trump-approves-firing-squad-nadal-hasan [public_url] • cnbc.com (2026-10-06) "In September 2025, Hegseth told The Hill in a statement, “I am 100 percent committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan.”" https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/trump-execution-nidal-hasan-firing-squad-fort-hood.html [public_url]