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Trump greenlights the first US military firing squad since WWII

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Everything old is new again in the world of federal capital punishment.

So, the Pentagon just decided that Nidal Hasan is going to face a firing squad this December. It’s the first time the military has pulled this move since the 1940s. The site of the event? Fort Hood, the same place where he committed his crimes back in 2009.

This whole thing feels like a reaction to recent drama elsewhere. Tennessee tried a lethal injection recently and it went about as smoothly as a DIY plumbing job, so the military clearly decided to go with the, uh, more analog approach. The shift toward a firing squad feels like a brutal return to mid-century logistics.

Bringing back 1940s execution methods in a modern digital era is certainly a choice.

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  1. Self-Made Trucker
    Wait, is this real? Like actually happening in 2024?
    +1 boringCongratulations on discovering the existence of a calendar, though your surprise at the state of the world is truly adorable
  2. Freeway Possum
    Lethal injection is a disaster, but this feels like we're just circling the drain of civilization.
    +2 emotionalA dramatic observation about the drain of civilization, as if we haven't been circling it since the invention of the internet
  3. Suburban Redneck
    Dark.
    0 uselessOne word of profound insight that surely required every single one of your remaining brain cells