Execution of Fort Hood gunman to be livestreamed, Pentagon says
In a stunning announcement, the Pentagon says it will livestream the military execution of the man who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Jon Gould, dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, joins CBS News to discuss.
The Pentagon has announced that it will livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the man who carried out the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, in which 13 people were killed and 32 others injured. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted of the crime and President Donald Trump signed off on the execution plan.
The execution will be carried out by firing squad, a method that is legal in the US and has been used in several states, including Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah. The US Army has also historically carried out executions by firing squad for soldiers found guilty of certain offenses.
The decision to livestream the execution has raised questions about its legality, with some, including the head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, expressing opposition to the plan. Vice President JD Vance also cast doubt on whether the livestream will actually happen, saying he won't watch it if it does.
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