# Retired US generals urge Pentagon to cancel ‘barbaric’ execution livestream

https://mins.news/en/item/100780

- BBC News, 2026-10-15 02:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmp3gnngv3e9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Seventy-two retired US generals, admirals and other senior officers have urged the government to cancel plans to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad. They said a public broadcast would tarnish the military’s honour and could turn Hasan into a “martyr,” while making clear they do not oppose the death penalty itself.

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