Trump says Fort Hood shooter 'deserves' planned firing squad execution
The 72 signers say a public broadcast could damage the military’s reputation and violate execution rules that restrict witnesses, officials said.
- On Wednesday, 72 retired military leaders urged the U.S. government to cancel the planned livestream of the execution of Nidal Hasan, warning the broadcast could damage military reputation and endanger personnel.
- Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled for execution by the Army on December 3. The psychiatrist was sentenced to death in August 2013.
- The retired officials argued the livestream would violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, writing it would turn a "solemn and grave punishment" into a "carnival for the enjoyment of voyeurs and spectators."
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously announced the execution would be "public," but President Trump is reportedly reconsidering after learning Hasan is paralyzed, prompting the Pentagon to reevaluate livestream plans.
- Archbishop Paul Coakley of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced the plan, calling it "a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered." Religious opposition spans multiple faith communities.
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Former US generals push to stop 'barbaric' firing squad execution livestream
A group of 72 retired US generals, admirals, and other high-ranking military officers have urged authorities to cancel plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan – bringing legal arguments and the dangerous consequences such a broadcast would have. A government execution has never been broadcast or livestreamed, according to death penalty experts, and the US military has not executed anyone by firing squad …
They consider it a "barbarous act of authority" that will create a martyr
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