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Military justice expert raises legal questions about planned military execution of Ft. Hood shooter

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Monday, October 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM · 1 min read
Military justice expert raises legal questions about planned military execution of Ft. Hood shooter — News4JAX Local, Ponte Vedra Beach Community news
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Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be executed by a firing squad on Dec. 3. The first military execution in more than 65 years will be livestreamed, the Pentagon announced. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009. The move to show the execution publicly is drawing mixed reaction.Gene Fidell, an expert on military justice who teaches at Yale, joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on The Morning Show and said the move raises a host of legal and public policy questions.

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