# US plan to livestream execution draws legal and ethical scrutiny

https://mins.news/en/video/96340

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-12 11:39 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u478FtLEfw8

> Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon plans to livestream the firing-squad execution of former US Army Major Nidal Hasan, scheduled for December 3. Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009 and was sentenced to death by a military court in 2013. Donald Trump approved the execution. Lawmakers from both parties and religious leaders have urged reconsideration of the livestream, while some support the execution and say the public should see its consequences.

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