The Free Press · October 12, 2026

Nidal Hasan Execution Set for December 3 at Fort Hood

• The article reports that on December 3, Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood, and that, according to the article, the Pentagon says the execution will be able to be watched online.
• On November 5, 2009, Hasan entered the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, Texas, and opened fire with a semiautomatic pistol, according to the article; the article states 14 people were murdered, including a pregnant woman and her unborn child, and 32 others were wounded.
• Hasan was apprehended after a firefight that left him paralyzed from the waist down, according to the article.
• On August 28, 2013, Hasan was sentenced to death, according to the article; the article states the sentence was stalled for 13 years by appeals and the need for presidential approval.
• In 1936, thousands of people gathered in Owensboro, Kentucky, to watch the hanging of Rainey Bethea, who had been convicted of rape and murder, according to the article, which cites legal historian Stuart Banner.

Execution schedule, online-viewing statement, attack details, and sentencing history as reported in the original report. The piece is paywalled; facts are from its accessible portion. Original headline: "I Support the Death Penalty. Don’t Livestream It.".