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President Trump has approved the execution of the former U.S. Army major who killed 13 people
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in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced last
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night that Trump approved the execution of former Army psychiatrist Nadal Hassan by firing squad
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Hassan opened fire at Fort Hood on November 5th of 2009, killing 13 people and wounding more than
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30 others. He later said he carried out the attack to stop U.S. soldiers from going to Afghanistan
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and killing Muslims. Hassan was shot during the attack and left paralyzed from the waist down
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At his court-martial, he acknowledged he was the shooter and made almost no effort to defend
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himself. He was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to death. If the execution goes forward, Hassan
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would be the first person put to death through the military justice system since 1961. He's one
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of four men currently on military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Trump's approval starts
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the process, but an execution may still be a long ways off. Hassan can challenge his sentence in
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federal court, which could delay it for years
