Vance doubts livestream will happen

Vice President JD Vance said Friday he does not know if the Pentagon will actually livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December, despite the Pentagon confirming the plan Thursday.

“I don't know that that's actually going to happen”

Hasan killed 13 at Fort Hood in 2009

Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted of killing thirteen people and injuring thirty-two others in a shooting spree at the military base in two thousand nine.

Catholic bishops condemn livestream plan

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called the livestream decision a barbaric promotion of a culture of death that must be reconsidered.

“a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered”

Trump approved firing squad execution

President Donald Trump approved Hasan's execution by firing squad and called him a maniac who deserves the death penalty. The military has not executed a service member by firing squad since World War II.

“the death penalty through firing squad. And he deserves it.”