# Public executions stopped in the US nearly a century ago — why are they resuming now?

https://mins.news/en/item/94222

- BBC News, 2026-10-10 05:48 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6kgq7rqdql7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The Pentagon says Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 unarmed fellow soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, will be executed publicly by firing squad, with the execution livestreamed. A capital-punishment scholar and an author connected to the last high-profile public hanging expressed horror and questioned whether officials understand public attitudes toward executions.

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