Planned livestream of Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN criticism
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The Pentagon’s proposal to livestream the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan by firing squad has drawn criticism from the United Nations, a Catholic leader and members of both major U.S. political parties.
Hasan is scheduled to be executed at Fort Hood, Texas, on Dec. 3, 2026. A military jury sentenced him to death in 2013 for killing 13 people and wounding others at the base in 2009. The execution would be the U.S. military’s first since 1961 and its first by firing squad since 1945.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be public and that people would be able to watch it. A Pentagon official also told AFP that it would be streamed live. President Donald Trump later said he approved of a livestream but that the Pentagon was still determining whether to proceed with one.
Vice President JD Vance said he did not know whether the broadcast would happen and would not watch it if it did. Republican lawmakers including Sens. Thom Tillis and John Curtis and Rep. Austin Scott opposed broadcasting the execution while supporting Hasan’s punishment. Democratic lawmakers also condemned the proposal.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said livestreaming would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition against torture. Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called the proposal a “barbaric promotion of a culture of death” and urged officials to reconsider it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story is largely supported but needs a narrower Catholic attribution, a corrected injury description, and the UN wording matched to the source. - "The Pentagon’s proposal to livestream the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan by firing squad has drawn criticism from the United Nations, Catholic leaders and members of both major U.S. political parties.": The sources describe criticism from Archbishop Paul Coakley, not multiple Catholic leaders. - "A military jury sentenced him to death in 2013 for killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at the base in 2009.": Sources differ on the wounded count, with Middle East Eye and The Punch saying 30 of the wounded were soldiers and the BBC saying Hasan injured another 32; saying he wounded 32 others as a settled trial fact is not directly supported by the provided excerpts. - "The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said livestreaming would amount to a public execution and breach the prohibition against torture.": The quote in the sources says it would breach the absolute prohibition of torture; omitting “absolute” changes the cited legal characterization.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Planned livestream of Nidal Hasan execution draws bipartisan, UN criticism
The Pentagon’s proposal to livestream the execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan by firing squad has drawn criticism from the United Nations, a Catholic leadersleader and members of both major U.S. political parties.
Hasan is scheduled to be executed at Fort Hood, Texas, on Dec. 3, 2026. A military jury sentenced him to death in 2013 for killing 13 people and wounding 32 others at the base in 2009. The execution would be the U.S. military’s first since 1961 and its first by firing squad since 1945.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be public and that people would be able to watch it. A Pentagon official also told AFP that it would be streamed live. President Donald Trump later said he approved of a livestream but that the Pentagon was still determining whether to proceed with one.
Vice President JD Vance said he did not know whether the broadcast would happen and would not watch it if it did. Republican lawmakers including Sens. Thom Tillis and John Curtis and Rep. Austin Scott opposed broadcasting the execution while supporting Hasan’s punishment. Democratic lawmakers also condemned the proposal.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said livestreaming would amount to a public execution and breach the absolute prohibition against torture. Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called the proposal a “barbaric promotion of a culture of death” and urged officials to reconsider it.
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