The legal questions behind plans to livestream an execution

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter who killed 13 people at the Army base in 2009, told military mental health experts in 2010 that he wanted to die and become a martyr. Former Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot seven times in the attack, cautioned this week that the military should not make Hasan’s death a “spectacle” and grant his wish to become a martyr. So why is the Pentagon making plans to broadcast Hasan’s execution by firing squad live for anyone to see? And what laws or prohibitions could be violated? Let’s get into it. A convicted mass killer is set to die by firing squad, with the execution to be livestreamed for the public to witness, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said yesterday. Is that legal?