Fort Hood survivor supports gunman's execution by firing squad but questions livestream
A Fort Hood shooting survivor supports the use of a firing squad for the perpetrator, Nidal Hasan, but expresses concern over the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution. He argues that the event should not be treated as public entertainment, though he personally intends to attend to confront the gunman.
Why it matters
The case highlights the ethical and legal debates surrounding public executions and the use of modern technology to broadcast state-sanctioned violence.
Figure caption, 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 on Fort Hood has said that while he supports the execution of the gunman by firing squad, he is concerned about it being livestreamed.
Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times, told the BBC that the "method is befitting" for Nidal Hasan because other methods like lethal injection would be "doing him a favour".
Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers in a medical building at Fort Hood in 2009.
But while Lunsford agreed with the method, he said the execution is "not something you should view for entertainment purposes".
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