A first in the U.S. after 90 years! It was announced that the execution will be broadcast live

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined the Human Events Daily program to comment on the issue. Hegseth made a statement regarding the execution of 56‑year‑old Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 armed attack at Fort Hood, Texas, scheduled for December 3.

Hegseth, stating that the execution would be open to the public, said, “We will ensure that people can watch it and that it is open to the public. Because people need to understand this: such things have serious consequences.”He used those expressions.

Hegseth also confirmed on his social media account that the execution would be broadcast live.

Pentagon also issued a live broadcast statement.

A Pentagon official speaking to Reuters also referred to the execution that is said to be carried out by the death row machine for Hasan,“It will be broadcast live. Details will be announced later.”used those statements.

If the planned execution takes place, it is expected to be the first execution in the U.S. Army in decades and the first execution carried out by a firing squad since World War II.

Execution Open to the Public After 90 Years on the Agenda

Nidal Hasan, who served as a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army, confessed to killing 13 people in the 2009 attack at Fort Hood and was sentenced to death.

It is reported that the last public execution in the United States took place on 14 August 1936 in the state of Kentucky. If Hasan's execution were carried out publicly, a public execution would be on the agenda again in the country after roughly 90 years.

In the United States, 30 people were executed this year.

It was reported that 30 people have been executed in the United States since the beginning of the year. In the country, 47 people were executed in 2025. This figure stood out as the highest annual execution count recorded since 2009.