Public TV execution in US: Nidal Hassan
A report reveals that the execution of Nidal Hassan, the American of Palestinian descent who opened fire inside Fort Hood in 2009 in protest against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be broadcast live online. He was sentenced to death by a military court in 2013, becoming the first person executed by firing squad by the U.S. military since 1945. The execution is scheduled for December 3rd, at the request of the U.S. Department of Defense, in an effort to maintain transparency and show that such punishments carry severe consequences.
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