Watch: Can the Fort Hood shooter's execution be livestreamed?
The US Department of Defense is planning to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. The proposal has sparked a debate regarding the legality and ethics of broadcasting state-sanctioned executions.
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This case challenges existing legal precedents regarding the public nature of capital punishment and the role of modern media in judicial proceedings.
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The US Department of Defense says they plan to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, who shot dead 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood military base in 2009.
It is believed it would be the first public execution in the US in almost a century.
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