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-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.
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.