Fort Hood survivor supports gunman's execution by firing squad but questions livestream
Alonzo Lunsford, a survivor of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, expressed support for the execution of gunman Nidal Hasan by firing squad. However, he voiced strong concerns regarding the government's plan to livestream the execution, arguing it should not be treated as public entertainment.
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The case raises significant ethical and legal questions regarding the public nature of capital punishment and the rights of victims' families in the United States.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Hafsa Khalil Listen: 'I played dead', Fort Hood survivor Alonzo Lunsford who was shot seven times tells BBC's Today A former US Army sergeant who survived the mass shooting at the Fort Hood base has said that while he supported the execution of the gunman by firing squad, he was concerned about it being livestreamed.
Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times, told the BBC that the "method is befitting" for Nidal Hasan's execution because other methods like lethal injection would be "doing him a favour".
Hasan, then a US Army psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers in a medical building at Fort Hood, in Texas, in 2009.
But while Lunsford agreed with the method of execution, he said it was "not something you should view for entertainment purposes".
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