The U.S. last held a public execution in the 1930s. The Pentagon wants to change that

Source: www.npr.org · Section: headlines · Bias: Center · Published: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:55:38 GMT

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the site of his 2009 mass shooting. That would be the first public execution in the U.S. since the 1930s.

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The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Center-Left: JD Vance says he won't watch livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter — www.axios.com
Left: Murkowski on public execution: 'I'd expect this from terrorists and dictators' — thehill.com
Left: Fort Hood survivors speak out on Pentagon's decision to livestream Hasan's execution — abcnews.go.com
Center: Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago, why are they resuming now? — www.bbc.com
Center-Left: ‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation — www.theguardian.com
Center: Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be public: What to know — thehill.com
Center: Vance suggests Fort Hood shooter’s execution won’t be livestreamed, contradicting Hegseth — www.nbcnews.com
Right: Soldiers scramble to escape Pete Hegseth’s ‘grotesque public spectacle’: report — www.rawstory.com
Right: MS NOW's Jen Psaki hits viewers with devastating evidence Hegseth is humiliating America — www.rawstory.com
Right: JD Vance Says He Won’t Watch Fort Hood Shooter Execution If Live-Streamed — www.breitbart.com

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