US President Donald Trump has cancelled a controversial plan to\nbroadcast the execution of a former soldier live. He scrapped the\nproposal after it drew criticism.<\/p>\n
According to detikcom, the US had initially planned to livestream the\nexecution by firing squad of former US soldier Nidal Hasan, who was\nconvicted of a mass shooting that killed 13 people at the Fort Hood\nmilitary base.<\/p>\n
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, according to AFP, that\nHasan\u2019s execution would take place before the \u201cpublic\u201d. Hasan, a former\nUS Army psychiatrist, carried out the mass shooting at Fort Hood in\n2009, killing 13 people.<\/p>\n
The execution would be the first carried out by the US military since\n1961. It would also be the first US execution by firing squad since the\nSecond World War.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced that Trump had approved\nHegseth\u2019s recommendation to use a firing squad to execute Hasan. In a\nvideo statement posted on the Pentagon\u2019s official X account on Thursday,\n8 October, Hegseth said Hasan \u201cwill face a firing squad of soldiers, as\nhe should, and we will make sure people can watch it, that it will be\ndone in public\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople need to understand that there are serious consequences for\nthis kind of action,\u201d Hegseth said in the statement, an excerpt from an\ninterview with right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec aboard the aircraft\ncarrier USS Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n
Asked to clarify what Hegseth meant by saying the execution would be\npublic, the Pentagon said it would be livestreamed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe execution will be livestreamed. More details will follow,\u201d a\nPentagon official, who declined to be named, told AFP.<\/p>\n
Hegseth stressed that this would be the US military\u2019s first\nfiring-squad execution since the Second World War. He referred to the\ncase of Eddie Slovik, who was executed for desertion in 1945.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like the mentality we had in World War II, the mentality to win,\nwhich understands that when the enemy attacks, you have to hold your\nground,\u201d the defence secretary said.<\/p>\n
In a separate video, when asked whether Hasan had made a final\nrequest, Hegseth replied: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter. We\u2019ll see him on 3\nDecember.\u201d<\/p>\n
The date is thought to refer to Hasan\u2019s scheduled execution. The\nPentagon has not officially announced when it will take place.<\/p>\n
The last US military execution was in 1961, when John Bennett was\nhanged for rape and attempted murder. According to human rights group\nAmnesty International, at least 17 public executions were recorded\nworldwide last year: six in Afghanistan and 11 in Iran.<\/p>\n
Hasan was sentenced to death by a US military jury in 2013 for\ncarrying out a mass shooting inspired by al-Qaeda. He killed 13 people,\nincluding 12 serving soldiers, and wounded 30 others. Hasan was\npartially paralysed after being shot by a civilian police officer sent\nto the scene following the attack.<\/p>\n
Trump said no decision had yet been made on whether Hasan\u2019s execution\nwould be broadcast publicly. However, he said he supported execution by\nfiring squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re making a decision on that, but he will be executed,\u201d Trump\nsaid of plans to livestream Hasan\u2019s execution, which is scheduled for 3\nDecember.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really care how he dies, as long as he dies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Plan draws condemnation<\/strong><\/p>\n UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham condemned the US plan to livestream\nHasan\u2019s execution, describing it as disgusting.<\/p>\n Asked about the possibility of a public execution in the US, Burnham\ntold the podcast The Rest Is Politics<\/em>, in an episode due to be\nreleased on Monday, 12 October: \u201cI would never support that.\u201d<\/p>\n He said he did not want to see such a thing and described the plan to\nlivestream the execution as disgusting.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is something I would not want to see happen anywhere in the\nworld,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it is deeply disgusting in many ways,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Trump cancels livestream plan<\/strong><\/p>\n Trump has now cancelled the controversial plan to livestream Hasan\u2019s\nexecution. His decision, reported by AFP on Friday, 16 October 2026,\noverturns Hegseth\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n The plan for a public execution by livestream had faced opposition\nboth in the US and abroad. Politicians from both the Democratic and\nRepublican parties, the Catholic Church and the United Nations had all\nexpressed outrage.<\/p>\n In a statement on his Truth Social account, Trump said the original\naim of broadcasting Hasan\u2019s execution live was to provide \u201ca strong\ndeterrent\u201d. He acknowledged, however, that many people objected to the\nproposal.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will still be executed, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this\nevent will not be televised,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, the immediate family members of the victims may attend the\nexecution if they wish. They deserve to witness JUSTICE being served!\u201d\nhe added.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s statement suggested that he personally had no objection to\nlivestreaming the execution.<\/p>\n \u201cI think livestreaming the execution so everyone can watch might be a\nstrong deterrent to the world, showing how America deals with terrorists\nand scum like Hasan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, many good people with sincere intentions would rather not\nwatch his death, whether by streaming or through any other visual\nmeans,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The reversal is a setback for Hegseth, who is facing intense scrutiny\nover a deadlock in the war against Iran and its repercussions. The\nsituation is also weighing on Trump\u2019s Republican Party ahead of the US\nmidterm elections in early November.<\/p>",
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