The U.S. Army has scheduled the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former mayor and military psychiatrist, to take place on December 3. Hasan was convicted of perpetrating the 2009 attack at Fort Hood, Texas, which resulted in the deaths of 13 individuals and injuries to 32 others. This scheduled execution would mark the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first by a firing squad since 1945.
The execution of Nidal Hasan, scheduled for 1:00 p.m. local time, is set to take place at Fort Hood, the same military base where the 2009 attack occurred nearly 17 years ago.
A statement from Telle confirmed that the execution of Nidal Hasan is scheduled to take place at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. central time.
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has proposed the execution method for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan. The proposal has been approved by President Donald J. Trump. Nidal Malik Hasan, a self-identified jihadist, perpetrated a deadly attack on Fort Hood in 2009, resulting in the deaths of 13 people and multiple injuries to American soldiers.
Following a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump authorized a death sentence and designated the method of execution, with the presidential directive being signed on October 2 by Telle.
The Pentagon's chief spokesman, Sean Parnell, had previously indicated that the decision to execute Nidal Hasan was imminent. This was based on Hegseth's recommendation and Trump's approval of a U.S. Army firing squad as the method of execution. Parnell stated that the day of judgment for Hasan had finally arrived.
On November 5, 2009, Major Nidal Hasan, a psychiatrist with a background in the Army, carried out a shooting incident at a Fort Hood processing center, where military personnel were being prepared for deployment overseas.
A shooting incident resulted in the deaths of 13 individuals, comprising 12 soldiers and one civilian, and 32 others were injured. The perpetrator, later identified as Hasan, was subsequently shot by a responding agent and suffered paralysis as a result. During his subsequent trial, Hasan accepted responsibility for the shootings, maintaining that his actions were motivated by opposition to U.S. military operations in Muslim countries.
A military court delivered a guilty verdict in August 2013, convicting the individual of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.
The execution of Hasan would signify the resumption of capital punishment within the U.S. Armed Forces, a practice that has been absent for 65 years.
A soldier was last executed on April 13, 1961, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, following a conviction for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old girl. Since that incident, no member of the Armed Forces has been put to death under the military justice system.
