# Retired Air Force JAG questions morality of proposed public execution

https://mins.news/en/video/93807

- ABC News, 2026-10-09 19:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVuNtOSniq8

> Retired Air Force JAG Rachel Vandlanding challenged the ethics of making the Fort Hood gunman’s execution public; he killed 13 people. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called for the execution to be public.

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