The White House has signalled a potential reversal of course after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood shooter, prompting bipartisan outcry.
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CNN By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon said Thursday it will livestream the military’s first firing squad execution in decades, allowing the public to watch as the man who killed 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood is put to death.
Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice US politics – live updates If the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, goes ahead with plans to livestream the execution of a soldier radicalised to extremist Islam who killed 13 peop…
Utah Sen. John Curtis is urging the Pentagon to reconsider its plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter in a couple of months, calling it a dangerous precedent to set in the modern age.
The U.S. would join a very short list of nations that carry out capital punishment in public if it goes forward with plans to live-stream a military execution this year. Only two countries carried out the death penalty in public last year, according to Amnesty International’s tracking of 2,700 execu…
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Ford Hood, the site of his 2009 mass shooting. That would be the first public execution in the U.S. since the 1930s.
Utah Senator John Curtis is urging the Pentagon to reconsider livestreaming the execution of Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, saying that it risks feeding an appetite for "executions as a form of entertainment."
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Fierce, bipartisan pushback over Hegseth's plan for a livestream execution Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream a military firing squad execution next month i…
The Pentagon’s reported plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, alongside reports that Christa Pike survived a lethal-injection attempt in Tennessee, has reignited debate over capital punishment and how executions are carried out.
A handful of Republicans in Congress joined Democrats on Friday in criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the execution of the man responsible for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, comparing it with the tactics of terrorist organizations, authoritarian governments and fal…
A handful of Republicans in Congress joined Democrats on Friday in criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of the man responsible for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, comparing it with the tactics of terrorist organizations, authoritarian governments and fal…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's announcement that the Fort Hood shooter's execution will be livestreamed reflects a shift toward putting raw, real-world violence on display for unlimited audiences. Why it matters: The Trump administration has made a show of flexing American power, sometimes with gr…
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin rejected the idea that livestreaming the execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan could make him a martyr for his cause, saying those against the idea do not have to watch.
