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Man convicted of killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas will still be executed, but president said ‘people would rather not watch him die’Donald Trump has shelved a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/live-stream-execution-fort-hood-shooter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">widely condemned</a> plan to livestream the execution of a disabled man by firing squad.The US president confirmed the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at a military base at Fort Hood in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Texas</a> in 2009, would not be public. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/trump-fort-hood-execution-livestream" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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President Donald Trump rejected plans to livestream the execution of a former Army major who killed 13 people in 2009, overruling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s proposal after facing intense bipartisan backlash