10/7/2026
Political Picture · defense
Trump approved the military's 1st firing squad execution since WWII. Why now?
Filed by Deacon Rift
📜Political Picture · Field Report
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.
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