PoliticsHegseth’s plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution puts US in poor company

If Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth proceeds with plans to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution, the US would join a small group of countries and armed actors that have carried out public executions in recent years. Iran and Afghanistan are the only countries that systematically do so, while Saudi Arabia appears to have stopped. Hasan’s execution is scheduled for 3 December, but federal appeals could delay it for years.

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