# Explainer: How the US plan to livestream an execution compares with global practice

https://mins.news/en/item/93346

- Reuters, 2026-10-09 14:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/how-us-plan-to-livestream-an-execution-compares-with-global-practice-2026-10-09/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac8fcce8f1582000191a8bd

> The US military plans to execute Nidal Hasan by firing squad on December 3. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.

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