RismadarVoice Reporters
October 16, 2026
US President Donald Trump has reportedly abandoned plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas.
The decision followed opposition from Republican figures, religious leaders and members of the public, according to a report on the controversy.
Hasan was convicted in 2013 over the November 2009 shooting at the military installation, which also left more than 30 people injured.
He was sentenced to death by a military court.
The proposed public broadcast of his execution reportedly generated criticism over the ethical and legal implications of televising capital punishment.
Trump subsequently withdrew the livestream proposal, although the report did not establish whether the decision affected any other arrangements concerning Hasan’s sentence.
The development has renewed attention to debates surrounding capital punishment, the treatment of convicted offenders and the limits of public access to executions in the United States.
