Execution of former soldier convicted in the US will be broadcast
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the broadcast will take place 'because people need to understand that there are severe consequences.'
TL;DR
- The Pentagon will live-stream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former US Army Major.
- Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth believes the broadcast will demonstrate severe consequences for such actions.
- The execution is scheduled for December 3rd, at the same time of day Hasan committed the crime.
- This will be the first execution by firing squad of a US military member since January 1945.
- US Senators Thom Tillis and Chris Murphy have criticized the plan, calling it 'repugnant' and comparing it to practices in oppressive dictatorships.