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Trump approved the military's 1st firing squad execution since WWII. Why now?
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PUBLISHEDOct 7, 2026, 7:08 PM
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The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in December at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009. The announcement came days after a botched lethal injection in Tennessee. (Image credit: Eli Kaplan)
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