# Televised execution **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televised-execution/1033786 "2026-10-12T18:59:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televised-execution/1033786/23 "2026-10-13T11:23:00Z")
I’ll point out we’ve had a similar convo going on in a different thread for the last week-ish and the last 100-plus posts. Different categories, and that thread’s convo is more about executions in general than the televised part, but there’s been plenty of vitriol about that outrageous idea too. See here if interested: > [@Multiple Shootings At Fort Hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/316): > > Firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan scheduled for December The acting secretary of the U.S. Army said Tuesday that the man convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 [shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas,](https://apnews.com/article/trump-nadal-hasan-fort-hood-execution-6ab1d9cfb936d00d17c02105ea0a0ead) will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3. In a post on social media, acting Secretary Adam Telle said the execution of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will take place at Fort Hood. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell had said Monday that President Donald Trump had approved t… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televised-execution/1033786)._