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Trump cancels livestream of Fort Hood execution
President Trump called off plans to broadcast the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan after bipartisan backlash and polling showed overwhelming public opposition.
TIME · 1m
Trump cancels livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution
President Trump reverses plan to broadcast the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan after global criticism, but the execution will proceed as scheduled.
BBC News · 1m
Florida's execution machine
Florida executes 40 percent of America's death row inmates. One person decides who dies and when.
Vox · 3m
Retired generals urge Pentagon to cancel execution livestream
Seventy-two retired US military officers have written to President Trump opposing plans to publicly broadcast the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 soldiers at Fort Hood.
BBC News · 1m
Public Executions in Early US Republic
Historians debate whether public executions taught lessons or showed state power in 1700s America.
The Conversation · 1m
Australia urges platforms to block execution livestream
The Australian government says online platforms have a responsibility to prevent the livestreaming of a US military execution scheduled for December 3rd.
the Guardian · 2m
Public Executions Divide Nation
Military plans to livestream a public execution spark debate over death penalty's role in politics.
Seattletimes · 1m
Fort Hood survivors divided on livestreaming Hasan execution
The Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan on December 3, drawing praise and criticism from survivors and lawmakers.
ABC News · 2m
Pope Leo XIV Rejects Death Penalty
Pope Leo XIV calls death penalty an attack on human dignity, urging alternatives to capital punishment.
Vaticannews · 1m
Vance doubts Pentagon will livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution
Vice President JD Vance expressed skepticism Friday about the Pentagon's plan to livestream the December execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad.
Fortune · 1m
America's last public execution was 1937. Now it's happening again.
The US military plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, nearly 90 years after public executions were abandoned as barbaric spectacle.
BBC News · 2m
UK minister calls US execution plan 'disturbing'
Bridget Phillipson criticises plans to execute former army major Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad and livestream it, calling the move disturbing.
The Independent · 1m
Vance doubts firing squad livestream plan
US Vice-President JD Vance casts doubt on Pentagon plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, saying he won't watch it.
BBC News · 1m
Pentagon to livestream Fort Hood shooter's firing squad execution
The military will broadcast Nidal Hasan's December execution, the first firing squad in over 65 years, raising questions about spectacle and the death penalty.
NPR · 2m
Fort Hood shooter's execution to be livestreamed
The Pentagon will broadcast the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 soldiers in 2009, in what would be the first public US execution in nearly a century.
BBC News · 2m
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US to livestream military firing squad execution
The Pentagon will broadcast the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad on December 3, an unprecedented move for a US execution.
Daily Maverick · 2m
Christa Pike walks after botched execution
The Tennessee death row inmate survived two lethal injections on September 30th and is now recovering in hospital, in what experts say is unprecedented.
BBC News · 2m
Christa Pike Survives Failed Execution
Tennessee’s failed execution leaves Christa Pike in hospital, angry and confused.
The Straits Times · 1m
Christa Pike conscious after botched execution
Female death row inmate survives failed lethal injection.
Nationalpost · 1m
Tennessee governor denies clemency for Christa Pike
Governor Bill Lee has rejected a death row inmate's clemency plea, clearing the way for her execution by lethal injection on Wednesday.
BBC News · 1m
Tennessee execution fails, US hypocrisy exposed
Christa Pike's botched lethal injection in Tennessee raises questions about US double standards on capital punishment and state killing.
Al Jazeera · 2m
Christa Pike and the absurdity of humane execution
Tennessee's botched execution of death row inmate Christa Pike exposes the contradictions at the heart of capital punishment.
The New Yorker · 4m
US Supreme Court denies Christa Pike's last-ditch bid to halt execution
US Supreme Court rejects Christa Pike's final attempt to stop her execution.
BBC News · 1m
Alabama executes man after nitrogen gas blocked
A judge ruled the state's nitrogen execution method unconstitutional, forcing Alabama to switch to lethal injection for a man convicted of killing an Elvis impersonator.
CBS News · 1m
