Hegseth to ask Trump for execution of 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
The article reports that Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, intends to ask former President Donald Trump to approve the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting, killing 14 and injuring many others. Hasan was sentenced to death by a military jury and has been on death row for over a decade. Despite losing his final appeal earlier this year, his execution has not yet been carried out. The execution process requires recommendations to pass thru Army officials before reaching the War Secretary and then the President for final approval. If executed, Hasan would be the first soldier put to death following a court-martial since 1961. Hegseth emphasized his commitment to ensuring justice for the victims and survivors of the attack.
Hegseth to ask Trump for execution of 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
War Secretary Pete Hegseth will ask President Donald Trump to approve the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter who killed 14 people and injured dozens more in 2009.
Hasan was previously convicted of his crimes before a military jury and was sentenced to death. He has sat on death row for more than a decade.
“I am 100% committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan,” Hegseth said in a statement shared with the Washington Examiner.
“This savage terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays,” he added.
Hasan lost his final appeal to remove his death sentence earlier this year. He’s imprisoned at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The former Army major said he committed the shootings because he viewed soldiers as “going against the Islamic Empire.”
Army staff will need to pass forward the recommendation for Hasan’s execution, according to regulations. That recommendation will then go from the Army secretary to Hegseth, and then he will provide a recommendation to Trump.
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“Inmate Hasan’s packet is now in the staffing process for presidential action,” a War Department official told The Daily Caller.
If executed, Hasan will be the first soldier to be executed after a court-martial since Army Pvt. John Bennett in 1961. Bennett was hanged for the rape and attempted murder of a child.
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