{
  "id": 14061713,
  "title": "What’s wrong with public executions?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/whats-wrong-with-public-executions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T23:07:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/13/nidal-hasan-capital-punishment-public-executions-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-usa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Public executions reflect the willingness of the state to use violence against its own citizens. But they also corrupt the spectator, rekindling the darkest aspects of our nature. The post What’s wrong with public executions? appeared first on Crikey .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}