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US to live stream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
Original: US to live stream firing squad execution of military base shooter Nidal Hasan
Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, is reportedly set to face execution by firing squad, with the United States planning to live stream the event. It would be a rare televised execution, drawing debate over transparency and the ethics of broadcasting a killing.
Why now: Plans to broadcast an execution of a high-profile mass shooter are highly unusual and controversial, drawing widespread attention.
Nidal HasanUnited StatesFort HoodUS military
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- US to live stream firing squad execution of military base shooter Nidal Hasan · South China Morning Post
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