Outrage over US military plan to livestream firing squad execution

The Pentagon's plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan has sparked widespread condemnation. The UN has stated that the plan would amount to torture. US lawmakers from both parties have also criticized the move, with Senator Thom Tillis describing it as "beyond disgusting" and Representative Adam Smith calling it "disturbing" and a "mockery of our legal system".

Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed by firing squad at Fort Hood on December 3, where he killed 13 people in 2009. This would be the first US military firing squad execution since 1945.

A Pentagon official has confirmed that the execution will be streamed live, as announced by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said "we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public".

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