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  "id": 13148537,
  "title": "Outrage over US military plan to livestream firing squad execution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/outrage-over-us-military-plan-to-livestream-firing-squad-execution",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T15:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261010/outrage-over-us-military-plan-to-livestream-firing-squad-execution"
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  "account": "WASHINGTON — Condemnation of the Pentagon's plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a convicted military base mass shooter, intensified on Friday. The United Nations declared the move would amount to torture, while U.S. lawmakers from both political parties vehemently opposed the decision. Hasan's execution, set for December 3 at Fort Hood, where he killed 13 people in 2009, marks the first such execution by a U.S. military firing squad since 1945.\n\nSenator Thom Tillis, a Republican member of President Donald Trump's administration, maintained that Hasan should face death, but vehemently denounced the idea of streaming the execution as \"beyond disgusting.\" Public executions, Tillis argued, are a hallmark of oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan.\n\nRepresentative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, described the plan as \"disturbing\" and a \"mockery of our legal system.\" A Pentagon official confirmed to AFP that the execution would be streamed live, following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's assurance that \"people will be able to watch it, that it is public.\"\n\nHegseth later corrected his retweet of a media report regarding the execution plan.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — Condemnation of the Pentagon's plan to livestream the firing squad execution of a convicted military base mass shooter escalated Friday, with the UN saying it would amount to torture and U.S. lawmakers from both parties slamming the move. Nidal Hasan's execution — which is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 — is set to be the first by U.S.…",
  "key_points": [
    "Pentagon plans to livestream Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution.",
    "UN declares execution would amount to torture.",
    "Lawmakers oppose streaming decision as disgusting and disturbing."
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Outrage over US military plan to livestream firing squad execution",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Outrage over US military plan to livestream firing squad execution",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/outrage-over-us-military-plan-to-livestream-firing-squad-execution-13154959",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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