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Legal path seems narrow to challenge livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s execution, experts say
Lawmakers, religious leaders and human rights groups say the broadcast would turn a military execution into public spectacle.
- On Thursday, United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the execution of Army Major Nidal Hasan, scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, will be livestreamed publicly to demonstrate "serious consequences."
- President Donald Trump authorized the firing squad execution on Monday for Hasan, who killed 13 people during a 2009 rampage at Fort Hood, marking the military's first firing squad use since World War II.
- Criticism mounted as Republican Senator Thom Tillis called the plan "beyond disgusting," while the National Association of Evangelicals warned that livestreaming risks turning a solemn responsibility into a public spectacle.
- The United Nations human rights office denounced the plan, stating that broadcasting a death is "tantamount to a public execution and would breach the absolute prohibition of torture." Army regulations typically limit witnesses to specific individuals.
- FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said he would defer to the Pentagon on broadcast airings. Republican Senator John Curtis warned that cultivating an appetite for such spectacles erodes civilization, invoking Ancient Rome as a historical parallel.
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McCormick: ‘I don’t like the idea’ of live streamed Fort Hood execution
(The Center Square) – Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., opposes U.S. Sec. of War Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of a man convicted for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood.
Franklin Graham Questions Outrage Over Fort Hood Execution Livestream - Charisma Magazine Online
The Rev. Franklin Graham is challenging the outrage over plans to livestream the Fort Hood shooter’s execution, pointing to Hollywood’s willingness to package death and violence as entertainment. “There are a lot of strong opinions out there about live-streaming the execution of a convicted mass killer. I don’t know where that debate will land, but […]
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