Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad.
Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad.
Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood Army Base in 2009. It is unclear he will ask the courts to block the administration’s plans to execute him.
The vice president also cast doubt on whether the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, would go forward as Pentagon officials have planned.
The vice president also cast doubt on whether the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, would go forward as Pentagon officials have planned.
“If it’s through livestream, I’m not going to be watching it,” Vice President JD Vance said of the execution during a visit to Kentucky and Ohio on Friday.
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