UN says Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter would amount to torture – US politics live

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military will execute Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, by firing squad. The Pentagon intends to livestream the execution, marking the first U.S. military execution in over 60 years and potentially the first public execution in nearly a century. The decision has sparked bipartisan criticism from lawmakers and a warning from the United Nations that a public broadcast would violate international prohibitions against torture.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military will execute Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, by firing squad. The Pentagon intends to livestream the execution, marking the first U.S. military execution in over 60 years and potentially the first public execution in nearly a century. The decision has sparked bipartisan criticism from lawmakers and a warning from the United Nations that a public broadcast would violate international prohibitions against torture.