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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal Courts

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.

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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.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Returns Home After Long and Grueling Deployment

The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.

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Crew members looking out from aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln as it arrived Thursday in San Diego, Calif.
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Army Sets Date for First Military Execution by Firing Squad Since 1945

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, will be shot to death on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 and wounded 32 in 2009.

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A memorial service in November 2009 for those killed at Fort Hood.
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