YeahToast@aussie.zone to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoUS military will execute Fort Hood attacker by firing squad, a first in 60 yearswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkUS military will execute Fort Hood attacker by firing squad, a first in 60 yearswww.bbc.comYeahToast@aussie.zone to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square64linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoI wonder why they’re not using lethal injection?
minus-squareArcanepotato@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·2 days agoIn case this isn’t a joke or if other people want to know, the president gets to choose the method: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993539/firing-squad-execution-nidal-hasan-fort-hood There is some speculation that recent events are influencing it but I would tend to believe it’s the desire to appear strong. Remember that flurry of executive orders on the first day of his latest term? One of them resulted in reinstating firing squads for federal executions.
minus-squareTexas_Hangover@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoFiring squads have a higher success rate.
minus-squareYeahToast@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoAbove their skill ceiling it appears
minus-squarecrayons_to_chaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoNo chemists left in the fed.
minus-squareThePantser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThey want to only do it once, not “3rd times the charm”.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoBecause this is going to make better TV.
I wonder why they’re not using lethal injection?
In case this isn’t a joke or if other people want to know, the president gets to choose the method: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993539/firing-squad-execution-nidal-hasan-fort-hood
There is some speculation that recent events are influencing it but I would tend to believe it’s the desire to appear strong. Remember that flurry of executive orders on the first day of his latest term? One of them resulted in reinstating firing squads for federal executions.
Firing squads have a higher success rate.
Above their skill ceiling it appears
No chemists left in the fed.
They want to only do it once, not “3rd times the charm”.
Because this is going to make better TV.