Pentagon plan to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter prompts fierce political backlash – US politics live

The move has been branded as ‘disturbing’ and compared to the actions of terror groups by US lawmakersHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.The Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, a former army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, has received fierce criticism from across the political spectrum.I mean, that’s disgusting. What, is he mimicking ISIS executions? I mean, I understand that in this country we have the death penalty, but public execution is m

Source: The Guardian (World)