PIT Hegseth, secretary of the defense department, is demanding a death sentence for former Army Major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people in Fort Hood in Texas about 16 years ago and injured dozens of others.
Hegseth is asking President Trump for a final approval for Hassan’s military execution, a pre-army psychiatrist who closed 13 people and injured 32 others at the army base near Killen in November 2009.
Hegseth said in a statement on the hill on Wednesday, “I am 100 percent, committed to ensure that the death penalty is done for Nidali Hassan. This Savage is entitled to strict legitimate punishment for his collective shooting in the 2009 2009 in the terrorist Fort Hood. The victims and the survivors are entitled to justice without delay.”
The hill has reached the White House for comment.
If approved by the White House, it will be the first military execution in more than six decades. The final military execution took place in 1961, when ex -soldier John Bennett was hanged.
In early November 2009, Hasan set fire to service members with a semicircular handgun, killing 13 people, including a soldier who was pregnant. Hasan accepted and was for shooting sentenced to death in 2013.
He was convicted in pre -killing cases and in 32 cases of murder prefined by a military jury.
Supreme Court refused Hasan Appeal in April,
Hassan is on death row Fort Levenwarth, in the US disciplinary barracks.
Hasan was born in 1970 in Arlington, Wa. He is the son of Palestinian immigrant parents. Hasan served about two decades in the army.
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Hegseth’s request was reported for the first time Daily collar,
