Nidal Hasan Execution Date: What We Know

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Nidal Hasan execution date: what we know. The Army has set a date to execute Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people: Dec. 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. Central, at Fort Hood, Texas, by firing squad. It has not been carried out, and a federal court could still stop or delay it. Our first video on the case: https://youtu.be/Gp9uOQmP-Z8

What changed

• Oct. 2, 2026: President Trump approves the death sentence, following a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the execution order. (Task & Purpose)
• Oct. 6, 2026: acting Army Secretary Adam Telle signs the execution order: Dec. 3, 2026, 1 p.m. Central Time, Fort Hood, firing squad. (Task & Purpose; Military Times)
• Oct. 8, 2026: Hegseth says the execution will be public: "We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things." He did not say how. (The National News Desk / Sinclair) A Pentagon official told CNN it "will be livestreamed," without details. (CNN)

The record so far

• Nov. 5, 2009: 13 people killed and 32 wounded at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, Fort Hood. (NBC News; Military Times)
• Aug. 2013: a military jury convicts Hasan of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder; he is sentenced to death. (Army.mil; NBC News)
• Mar. 31, 2025: the U.S. Supreme Court denies review, No. 24-5225. (Supreme Court docket)

What we don't know

If carried out, it would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961. (Military Times; CNN)

• Whether Hasan or a lawyer files a federal habeas petition, and whether a court stops or delays the execution.
• How the execution would be made public.

What happens next

We will add a dated UPDATE line here on Dec. 3, or sooner if a court steps in.

Chapters

1. 0:00Nidal Hasan execution date: what changed
2. 0:34The Army's Hasan execution order
3. 1:09Hasan firing squad Dec. 3: where it stands

Sources

1. Task & Purpose (Austin Campbell), Oct. 7, 2026taskandpurpose.com/news/nidal-hasan-execution/
2. Military Times, Oct. 7, 2026militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/10/07/army-sets-date-location-for-execution-of-nidal-malik-hasan/
3. The National News Desk / Sinclair (Mina Allen), Oct. 8, 2026abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/pete-hegseth-says-first-firing-squad-execution-in-decades-will-be-made-public-nidal-malik-hasan-hanging-fort-hood-mass-shooting-violent-pvt-john-a-bennett-pct-eddie-slovik-world-war-ii-murder-war-afghanistan-war-president-trump-clemency
4. CNN (Haley Britzky), Oct. 8, 2026kioncentralcoast.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2026/10/08/pete-hegseth-vows-to-make-first-firing-squad-execution-in-decades-public/
5. Supreme Court docket 24-5225supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-5225.html

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