Execution of military base shooter to be ‘public’ — Pentagon chief

The US Pentagon has announced that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood military base in 2009, will be made public through a livestream. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that the execution by firing squad, scheduled for December 3, will be broadcast.

According to the Pentagon, this will be the first public execution in the US in almost a century and the first military execution in more than 60 years. Hasan, a former army psychiatrist, is set to become the first person to be executed by firing squad by the US military since 1945.

The decision to livestream the execution is considered "unprecedented in the modern era" and "on uncertain legal terrain," according to John Mills, a lawyer who works with inmates sentenced to death. Hegseth stated that the execution will be public, saying "people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things."

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