As Lethal Injection Faces Controversy, U.S. Prepares to Livestream an Execution

The United States could be preparing for its first publicly broadcast execution in history, nearly 90 years after thousands of spectators gathered in Kentucky to watch a convicted rapist hang. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that the December 3 execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist responsible for the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, will be livestreamed for the public. Hasan, who brutally killed 13 people and wounded 32 others when he opened fire at the Texas military base, was sentenced to death in 2013. He is scheduled to face a military firing squad at Fort Hood, marking the first U.S. military execution since 1961. https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/2108312564174049676?s=20 Hegseth said Americans should be able to witness the consequences of such crimes, although questions remain about how the unprecedented broadcast would actually work. It appears as though the details are unclear as of now. Credit: Courtesy Carlos Barria/Pool via AP The a