Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution puts US in dubious company
Summary
The US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, a soldier who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas. This would be the first public execution in the US in many decades, a practice now mostly stopped in the country.Key Facts
- Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at a military base in Texas in 2009.
- Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to livestream Hasan’s execution.
- Public executions are currently only carried out systematically in Iran and Afghanistan.
- The US stopped public executions mostly in the 1930s, with very few exceptions since then.
- Hazan’s execution is scheduled for December 3, 2025, and would use firearms.
- Hasan can appeal his execution through the federal court system, which may delay it.
- Amnesty International reported a global rise in executions in 2025, with 2,707 carried out worldwide.
- Public executions are often used by some countries or groups as a way to control people or show power.
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