Former US generals push to stop 'barbaric' firing squad execution livestream

A group of 72 retired US generals, admirals, and other high-ranking military officers have urged authorities to cancel plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan – bringing legal arguments and the dangerous consequences such a broadcast would have. A government execution has never been broadcast or livestreamed, according to death penalty experts, and the US military has not executed anyone by firing squad since 1945.

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