Todesstrafe: Militärhinrichtung in USA soll per Livestream gezeigt werden
Erstmals seit 65 Jahren wollen die USA eine Militärhinrichtung durchführen und zwar öffentlich, wie der Pentagonchef sagt. Es wäre die erste öffentliche Exekution im Land seit fast einem Jahrhundert.
A planned execution of a death-row inmate at a military base in Texas is set to be broadcast live via streaming, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth confirmed this on the X platform, stating that President Donald Trump approved the lethal injection of former US Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people and injured 32 in 2009.
Hegseth emphasized that the execution would serve as a demonstration of the consequences of such acts. If carried out, this would be the first military execution in the US since 1961 and the first live-streamed execution by a military command since World War II. The execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood in Texas. The case has reignited debate over the death penalty in the US, following the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.
Public executions were used as a deterrent in the US during the American Civil War, with the last general public execution occurring in Kentucky in 1936. If the US resumes public executions, it would be similar to practices in Afghanistan and Iran, where at least 17 public executions have been carried out in the past year. The Democratic Senator Chris Murphy expressed shock over the announcement, calling it "disgusting" and comparing it to ISIS executions.
He criticized it as a "medieval" practice the US condemned in terrorist groups. The last military execution in the US took place in 1961, and if Hasan's sentence is carried out, it would be the first federal execution since January 2021.
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