Americans Reject Livestream of Nidal Hasan's Dec. 3 Execution as Pentagon Weighs First Military Death Sentence in 60 Years
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 13
Americans Reject Livestream of Nidal Hasan's Dec. 3 Execution as Pentagon Weighs First Military Death Sentence in 60 Years
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 13
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Fox News Digital interviews found broad opposition to publicly streaming Nidal Hasan’s Dec. 3 firing-squad execution, even among people who said they support the death sentence for the Fort Hood gunman.
Critics called the plan morally wrong and archaic, arguing it would turn capital punishment into spectacle, expose children to graphic violence and exploit a wheelchair-bound 56-year-old prisoner.
13 people were killed and 32 injured in Hasan’s 2009 attack at Fort Hood; the Pentagon last week said the execution would be publicly viewable, marking the first U.S. military execution in more than six decades.
Trump said Saturday he will decide whether the execution is livestreamed, while Vice President JD Vance said he was unsure the federal government would proceed and would not watch it himself.