A military jury has sentenced a former army psychiatrist to death for a mass shooting at a Texas base that left multiple soldiers dead. The execution, approved by the current U.S. administration, would mark the first military firing squad death sentence carried out in over six decades. Authorities confirmed the condemned individual was a psychiatrist serving in the army at the time of the attack. The case has drawn attention as a rare application of capital punishment within the U.S. military justice system.
Nidal Hasan sentenced to death by military jury in 2013 for carrying out deadly shooting attack at army base in TexasDonald Trump has approved the execution by US army firing squad of Nidal Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a social media post.Hasan, who was an army psychiatrist, would become the first US soldier to be executed by the US military in more than 60 years. Continue reading...
