Trump approved: First military death sentence in 60 years!

With the approval of Donald Trump, the US military will execute a person by firing squad for the first time in 60 years. Former US Army major Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 unarmed people, including 12 soldiers, and injured more than 30 people in 2009. Hasan, one of four remaining U.S. military death row inmates, will be the first U.S. soldier to be executed by the military in more than 60 years.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell stated in a statement on social media that Hasan's execution by firing squad was approved by President Donald Trump upon the recommendation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

This would be the first military execution by firing squad since the end of World War II.

In 2025, Trump reinstated the federal death penalty following President Joe Biden's decision to impose a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty. The executive order describes the death penalty as 'an essential tool to deter and punish those who would commit the most heinous crimes and deadly acts of violence against American citizens.'

Shooting is one of several forms of execution, including the electric chair and gassing, that the Trump administration has recently added to the list of execution methods authorized for the most serious federal crimes.

South Carolina, Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah are known as the five states where shooting is used. However, military execution is considered a different practice.

Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009 and later described this attack as retaliation for the US's wars in the Muslim world.

According to the BBC, Hasan said during his trial in 2013 that he believed he was protecting Muslims and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Parnell stated that Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack. In the attack, 12 unarmed active duty soldiers and one retired soldier lost their lives and 32 people were injured.