Pentagon Plans Dec. 3 Livestream of Nidal Hasan Execution as Bipartisan Critics Push Back
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 13
Pentagon Plans Dec. 3 Livestream of Nidal Hasan Execution as Bipartisan Critics Push Back
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 13
Summary
Dec. 3 is the date the Pentagon plans to livestream Nidal Hasan’s firing-squad execution, making the 2009 Fort Hood gunman’s death viewable by the public.
Pete Hegseth said the broadcast would show there are “serious consequences” for crimes like Hasan’s; Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood.
Lawmakers in both parties have opposed the plan, arguing it risks turning a military execution into a public spectacle, and Vice President JD Vance said he would not watch.
The execution would be the first U.S. military execution in more than 60 years, extending a broader debate over whether state killing is being presented as public entertainment.