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Proposal to live-stream Nidal Hasan execution sparks outrage
Original: The proposed live-streaming of the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan (who murdered 13 people on a USArmy base in
Nidal Hasan, the US Army major who killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, faces execution by firing squad, and a proposal to broadcast it live is drawing sharp criticism. Commenters call the idea a moral low point for the US administration, debating whether state executions should ever be televised.
Why now: The unprecedented proposal to televise a firing-squad execution has reignited debate over capital punishment and government ethics.
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- The proposed live-streaming of the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan (who murdered 13 people on a USArmy base in 2009) represents a new low (hard as that might be to imagine) in the morality of the administration of the Tangerine Tyrant. Whatever one may think about… · ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · 7
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