The public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.
Nidal Hasan shot dead 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. It is believed it would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century.
In this video…
01:04 – What did Pete Hegseth say?
01:55 – Who is Nidal Hasan and what did he do
02:58 – Reaction from UN to plan
03:37 – Reaction from a shooting survivor
04:33 – How would the livestream work?
06:25 – Is it legal? What legal hurdles are there
07:31 – Could Hasan appeal?
08:28 – Public executions worldwide
08:57 – Firing squad executions worldwide
09:43 – The last US public and firing squad executions
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