A Republican senator has said public executions are what 'oppressive dictatorships' do, after the Pentagon said it plans to livestream the firing squad execution of former Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who carried out the Fort Hood shooting.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution, scheduled for 3 December, would be 'public' so that people understood there were 'serious consequences'. President Donald Trump approved Hasan's death sentence on 2 October on Hegseth's recommendation.
