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  "id": 13150503,
  "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-13150503",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T16:04:22.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/outrage-over-us-military-plan-to-livestream-firing-squad-execution/"
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  "summary": "The Pentagon's plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan has sparked widespread outrage. The UN has stated that the plan would amount to torture. US lawmakers from both parties have also condemned the move, with Senator Thom Tillis describing it as \"beyond disgusting\" and Representative Adam Smith saying it would be \"disturbing and makes a mockery of our legal system\".\n\nAccording to The Korea Times, the execution is scheduled to take place on December 3 at Fort Hood, where Hasan gunned down 13 people in 2009. This would be the first US military firing squad execution since 1945.\n\nA Pentagon official has confirmed that the execution would be streamed live, after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that \"we'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public\".",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "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-13153557",
        "published": "2026-10-09T15:31:43.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-09T15:52:03.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "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-13149578",
        "published": "2026-10-09T16:00:18.000Z"
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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",
        "published": "2026-10-09T16:23:24.000Z"
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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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