US Military Plans to Livestream Execution of Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan
The Department of Defense intends to broadcast the execution of the soldier who killed 13 people in 2009, a move that would mark the first public execution in the U.S. in nearly a century.
US Politics • 2 hours ago
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 unarmed soldiers and wounding more than 30 others during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
If carried out as planned, this would be the first public execution broadcast in the United States in approximately 100 years. Regulations regarding the filming and recording of executions vary across state, federal, and military jurisdictions, raising questions about the feasibility of the military's plan.