YeahToast@aussie.zone to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoUS military will execute Fort Hood attacker by firing squad, a first in 60 yearswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkUS military will execute Fort Hood attacker by firing squad, a first in 60 yearswww.bbc.comYeahToast@aussie.zone to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·24 hours agoI wonder why they’re not using lethal injection?
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoFiring squads have a higher success rate.
minus-squareArcanepotato@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·23 hours agoIn case this isn’t a joke or if other people want to know, the president gets to choose the method: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993539/firing-squad-execution-nidal-hasan-fort-hood There is some speculation that recent events are influencing it but I would tend to believe it’s the desire to appear strong. Remember that flurry of executive orders on the first day of his latest term? One of them resulted in reinstating firing squads for federal executions.
minus-squareYeahToast@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·23 hours agoAbove their skill ceiling it appears
minus-squarecrayons_to_chaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 hours agoNo chemists left in the fed.
minus-squareThePantser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 hours agoThey want to only do it once, not “3rd times the charm”.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoBecause this is going to make better TV.
I wonder why they’re not using lethal injection?
Firing squads have a higher success rate.
In case this isn’t a joke or if other people want to know, the president gets to choose the method: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993539/firing-squad-execution-nidal-hasan-fort-hood
There is some speculation that recent events are influencing it but I would tend to believe it’s the desire to appear strong. Remember that flurry of executive orders on the first day of his latest term? One of them resulted in reinstating firing squads for federal executions.
Above their skill ceiling it appears
No chemists left in the fed.
They want to only do it once, not “3rd times the charm”.
Because this is going to make better TV.