Then-Major Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army officer and psychiatrist, went on a shooting rampage on Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded 32 others. In an exclusive at The Daily Caller News Foundation, contributor Wallace Wright informs us that Hasan has exhausted his appeals, and now the Army and the Secretary of War will be seeking his execution.
The Department of War will ask President Donald Trump for final approval to execute the Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Hasan, a DOW official told the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively.
The execution, if approved by Trump, would be the first carried out by the military since 1961. Hasan, a former Army Major and psychiatrist turned radical Islamic terrorist, killed 13 people and wounded 32 others during his notorious rampage on the Army base in 2009.
“I am 100 percent committed to ensuring the death penalty is carried out for Nidal Hasan,” Hegseth exclusively told the DCNF. “This savage terrorist deserves the harshest lawful punishment for his 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. The victims and survivors deserve justice without delays.”
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is clearly determined to see this sentence carried out.
This is how that process works:
Under the Army’s regulations, the Army staff will put forward the recommendation for Hasan’s execution. The packet will then be passed to the Army secretary, then the Secretary of War to give “additional recommendation to the President,” the DOW official told DCNF.
“Inmate Hasan’s packet is now in the staffing process for presidential action,” the DOW official said.
Service members are governed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and thus are subject to different procedures should they receive the death sentence. Hasan is one of four people on military death row, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Yes to military executions. I can name a few people that deserve a public hanging for treason against the United States of America.