Pentagon officials have announced that the execution of former US Army Major Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be publicly available. According to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the execution will be livestreamed, allowing people to watch it. An official at the Pentagon also confirmed to Al Jazeera that the execution would be livestreamed.
Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death in August 2013 for fatally shooting 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. The execution is scheduled to take place at Fort Hood in Texas on December 3. This will be the first public execution in the US since 1936 and the first US military execution by firing squad since 1945.
The decision to livestream the execution has been made, with Hegseth stating that people will be able to watch it. The execution will mark the end of a long legal process for Hasan, who has been on death row since his sentencing in 2013. The livestreaming of the execution will allow the public to witness the event, although the specifics of how it will be made available have not been detailed.
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